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Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has struck a cope with writer Harper Collins to jot down a memoir that may cowl his position on the centre of some of the dramatic durations in current British historical past.
Johnson stood down as prime minister in early September after his ministers resigned en masse over a string of scandals, together with events on the coronary heart of presidency when the remainder of Britain was underneath a strict lockdown in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Harper Collins stated on Monday that Johnson had signed an settlement however didn’t give any particulars about how a lot he can be paid or when the e book can be launched.
Johnson’s time in workplace lined Britain’s departure from the European Union, the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent revelations about events which broke lockdown guidelines in authorities buildings, and Britain’s preliminary response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Arabella Pike, the publishing director at a division of Harper Collins, who has acquired the rights to the e book, known as it a “memoir like no other”.
“I sit up for working with Boris Johnson as he writes his account of his time in workplace throughout a number of the most momentous occasions the United Kingdom has seen in current instances,” she stated.
Since leaving workplace, Johnson has made greater than 1 million kilos ($1.2 million) for 4 speeches together with to insurers and buyers in blockchain.
Johnson, whose flamboyance has lengthy been one in every of his hallmarks, was broadly anticipated to renew his writing profession and be a part of the talking circuit after leaving workplace.
His earlier books embrace a biography of his hero and British struggle chief Winston Churchill and he had agreed to jot down a e book about William Shakespeare earlier than he grew to become prime minister.
In October, Johnson deserted an try and reclaim the job he misplaced simply weeks earlier after his successor Liz Truss was herself pressured out as prime minister.
After racing house from a vacation within the Caribbean, Johnson stated he didn’t consider he might unify the Conservative get together’s lawmakers.
