I think my view is that where Johnson and Trump meet is that they fundamentally aren't good people.
I will never agree with the policies and ideology of certain people (I'll exclude Cameron from this as I don't think he had any) but I think most are trying to do something with regard to a certain section of society.
I think Trump and Johnson are just bad people, who were only ever in it for themselves. For Trump it was about protecting himself for his countless crimes over the years and with Johnson it was all a jolly jape that he would use for his financial gain. I wonder how many people who supported him know that while he was an MP he had earnings of many millions of pounds outside of parliament.
Here's just the last entry in the Register of Interests.
Payments from Hodder and Stoughton
UK, Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DZ, via United Agents, 12-26 Lexington St, London W1F 0LE:
12 July 2022, received £439.82 for royalties on book already written. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 28 July 2022)
10 August 2022, received £519.69 for royalties on book already written. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 23 August 2022)
5 October 2022, received £1,771.82 for royalties on book already written. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 27 October 2022)
14 March 2023, received £673.11 for royalties on book already written. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 03 April 2023)
5 April 2023, received £2,590.85 for royalties on book already written. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 24 April 2023)
Payments from HarperCollins UK, 1 London Bridge St, London SE1 9GF, via Rogers, Coleridge and White Ltd, 20 Powis Mews, London W11 1JN:
30 April 2022, received £382.03 for royalties on books already written. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 27 May 2022)
18 October 2022, received £171.03 for royalties on books already written. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 27 October 2022)
6 January 2023, received £510,000 as an advance on an upcoming book yet to be published. Hours: approx. 10 hrs to date. (Registered 12 January 2023)
4 May 2023, received £402.81 for royalties on books already written. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 16 May 2023)
7 July 2022, received £88.73 from Editions Robert Laffont, 30 PL d’italie, 75013
Paris, France, via United Agents, 12-26 Lexington Street, London W1F 0LE, for royalties on book already written. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 29 July 2022)
Payments received via the Harry Walker Agency, 355 Lexington Avenue, Floor 21, New York,
NY 10017,
USA:
14 October 2022, received £276,130 from the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB), 701 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW, Suite 750 Washington
DC, 20004-2608 US, for a speaking engagement. Transport and accommodation also provided for me and two members of staff. Hours: 8 hrs 30 mins. (Registered 04 November 2022)
9 November 2022, received £277,723.89 from Centerview Partners
LLP, 31 West 52nd Street, 22nd Floor New York, New York 10019, for a speaking engagement. Transport and accommodation provided for me and two members of staff. Hours: 9 hrs. (Registered 06 December 2022)
17 November 2022, received £261,652.34 from Hindustan Times,
HT Media Ltd, Hindustan Times House (2nd Floor), 18-20 Kastuba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi – 110 001, India, for a speaking engagement and
VIP reception. Transport, food and accommodation provided for me and two members of staff. Hours: 8 hrs 45 mins. (Registered 07 December 2022)
13 December 2022, received £253,880.90 from ParallelChain Lab, 100
Tras Street #16-01, 100AM Singapore 079027, for a speaking engagement. Transport, food and accommodation provided for me and two staff members. Hours: 9 hrs. (Registered 09 January 2023)
23 November 2022, received £215,275.98 from Televisao Independente, S.A. Rue Mario Castelhano, no40, Queluz de Baixo, 2734-502 Barcarena, Portugal, for a speaking engagement at
CNN Global Summit Lisbon. Transport, food and accommodation provided for me and two members of staff. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 07 December 2022)
6 December 2022, received £50,000 plus
VAT from Ballymore Group, Ballymore Properties Ltd, Marsh Wall, London E14 9SJ, for a speaking engagement. Hours: 7 hrs. (Registered 21 December 2022)
14 December 2022, received £200,892.86 from Aditya Birla Management Corporation
PVT Ltd, Aditya Birla Centre, C Wing 3rd Floor, S.K. Ahire Marg, Worti, Mumbai, India, via London Speakers Bureau, 235 Kensington High Street, London W8 6SF, for a speaking engagement. Transport, food and accommodation provided for me and two staff members. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 10 January 2023)
23 December 2022, received £3,000 from The Spectator, 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP, for an article. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 20 January 2023)
13 January 2023, received £246,406.57 from Bloomberg Singapore, Bloomberg Singapore
Pte. Ltd, 23
Church Street, 12th Floor, Capital Square, 0149481 Singapore, for a speaking engagement. Transport and accommodation provided for me and two members of staff. Hours: 7 hrs. (Registered 23 January 2023)
3 January 2023, received £2,488,387.53 as an advance for speaking engagements arranged via the Harry Walker Agency, 355 Lexington Avenue, Floor 21, New York, NY 10017, USA (a speaking agency). Hours: none. I consulted ACoBA about this arrangement. Payments under this arrangement are listed below; earlier payments received via the Harry Walker Agency are listed above. (Registered 26 January 2023)
6 March 2023, received £261,596 from Brand Finance
PLC, 3 Birchin Lane, London EC3V 9BW, of which £183,246 was deducted in relation to the advance registered on 26 January 2023. Hours: 7.5 hrs. (Registered 15 March 2023)
13 March 2023, received £266,031.60 from Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP, 280 King of Prussia Road, Radnor, Pennsylvania 19087, USA, of which £186,359.03 was deducted in relation to the advance registered on 26 January 2023. Transport and accommodation was provided for me and two staff members. Hours: 7 hrs. (Registered 15 March 2023)
11 April 2023, received £239,009.42 from Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation, 9a Raymond Njoku St, Ikoyi 101233,
Lagos, Nigeria, of which £180,323.85 was deducted in relation to the advance registered on 26 January 2023. Flights and accommodation provided for me and two members of staff. Hours: 13 hrs. (Registered 20 April 2023)
23 April 2023, received £191,235.44 from Sportico Media
LLC, 11175 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles,
CA 90025, of which £139,762.83 was deducted in relation to the advance registered on 26 January 2023. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 15 May 2023)
Payments from Hodder and Stoughton UK, Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DZ, via Rogers, Colderidge and White Ltd, 20 Powis Mews, London W11 1JN:
28 February 2023, received £42,500 as an advance on a book. Hours: none to date. (Registered 13 March 2023)
2 May 2023, received £6,800 for royalties on books already written. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 16 May 2023)
20 March 2023, received £2,463.66 from Dow Jones, 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY10036, for three articles in the
Wall Street Journal. Hours: 7.5 hrs (2.5 hrs per article). (Registered 23 March 2023)