The lucrative secrets of Boris Johnson

鲍里斯·约翰逊的丰厚秘密

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2025-09-12

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An investigation based on leaked data from Johnson’s private office has unearthed a trove of information. Has he broken the rules again? Henry Dyer reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian.

  • Today, what Boris Johnson did next.

  • That, of course, was Boris Johnson,

  • signing off from his final Prime Minister's questions in July 2022.

  • Within hours of leaving office, he received a letter, as all departing ministers do,

  • reminding him of the rules governing what he could and couldn't do next.

  • Essentially, he was to uphold the highest standard of propriety.

  • And for the next two years,

  • he was forbidden from lobbying contacts made during his time in government for financial or business gain.

  • But Boris Johnson never much liked rules.

  • Today,

  • I've received a fixed penalty notice from the Metropolitan Police relating to an event in Downey Street on the 19th of June.

  • This court has already concluded that the Prime Minister's advice to Her Majesty was unlawful,

  • void and of no effect.

  • The times let you go after you made up a quote.

  • Why did you make up a quote?

  • Well, again, these are...

  • This week, the Guardian published the Boris files.

  • an investigation based on a trove of leaked data from Johnson's private office,

  • showing what he's been up to since he left Downing Street,