Boris Johnson has revealed he is getting his own programme on GB News – the latest Tory politician to join the right-wing TV channel as a presenter.
In a video posted on X, the troublesome former PM said he was “excited” to sign up to the “remarkable” new channel – boasting that the show would allow him to share his “unvarnished views” on politics.
In a warning to Rishi Sunak, the ex-Tory leader said he would talk about “everything from Russia to China to the war Ukraine, how we meet all those challenges, to the huge opportunities that lie ahead”.
Mr Johnson also said he wanted to discuss “why our best days are yet to come” and believed “the people of the world on the whole want to see more global Britain – not less”.
The ex-Tory leader has been a constant thorn in the side of Mr Sunak since he was kicked out of No 10 by his own party last summer.
Mr Johnson attacked Mr Sunak’s Brexit deal for Northern Ireland, blasted his sucessor’s smoking ban, condemned the move to axe HS2, claimed No 10 was failing to weapons wanted by Ukraine and rowed with the government over the release of his Covid-era WhatsApp messages.
The ex-PM sensationally quit as an MP in June after claiming he was the victim of a “witch hunt” over his Partygate scandal – having been found to have deliberately lied to the Commons about his knowledge of rule-breaking.
He was widely perceived to have jumped before he was pushed, as the privileges committee later revealed he would have faced a 90-day suspension if he were still MP.
News of his latest gig comes as former Tory chancellor George Osborne claimed that “disgusting and misogynistic” WhatsApps sent by Mr Johnson and his former adviser Dominic Cummings will come out at the Covid inquiry.
Mr Osborne said he understood that there would be “staggering” messages shared up upcoming hearings – with the ex-No 10 strategist Mr Cummings set to appear next week.
Mr Johnson is set to give evidence to the public inquiry next month, following the long-running saga over the release his WhatsApp messages with senior advisers and ministers.
Mr Osborne told his own Political Currency podcast that WhatsApp messages would show what a “complete nightmare” it was to work under Mr Johnson at Downing Street during the Covid crisis.
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