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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jim Waterson Media editor

UNBELIEVABLE: Daily mail calling boris johnson weighs offers for his return to journalism - The Untold Story

Boris Johnson at a laptop in a hotel room
Before becoming PM, Boris Johnson was paid £275,000 for his weekly Telegraph commentary. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/AFP/Getty Images

Three days before he became prime minister, Boris Johnson’s final column for the Daily Telegraph was published: a call for Britain to heed the lessons from the 1969 moon landings and embrace a “can-do spirit” while implementing Brexit.

Such political insight did not come cheap, with Johnson pocketing a £275,000 salary for working 10 hours a month on his weekly opinion pieces.

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