At 9pm on Sunday, the Daily Telegraph published online a glowing endorsement of Boris Johnson by the former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi. Headlined “Get ready for Boris 2.0, the man who will make the Tories and Britain great again”, the piece set out a case for why the former prime minister would imminently return triumphant to Downing Street.
Unfortunately for Zahawi, his piece was published at the exact moment that Johnson told reporters he was dropping out of the leadership contest. Within minutes, the Telegraph had made the unusual decision to wipe Zahawi’s article from the internet without following the standard journalistic practice of offering an explanation or leaving an editor’s note.
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I thought I dreamt this.. lol.
By the time I double checked those plonkers had chucked it
Edit: [‘Well, that was unexpected’: how Johnson wrongfooted his leadership backers](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/24/well-that-was-unexpected-how-boris-johnson-wrongfooted-his-leadership-backers)
>**Several MPs supporting ex-PM’s return were caught out in awkward ways by news he would not run**
>Among a field of very late converts to the charms of Rishi Sunak, Zahawi was one of those caught out in the most awkward of ways by Boris Johnson’s abrupt announcement that he was not entering the Tory leadership race.
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>Having penned an article for the Daily Telegraph in which the former chancellor urged readers to “get ready for Boris 2.0”, Zahawi appears to have had no advance warning that Johnson was to announce his non-contention around the time the article was published online at 9pm.
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>With the piece pulled, Zahawi tweeted less than half an hour later: “A day is a long time in politics … Given today’s news, it’s clear that we should turn to @RishiSunak to become our next Prime Minister.”
Boris pulled a ‘Boris’ on his own lads. Today is getting better and better
[It would sure be a shame if some web archive had it archived.](https://web.archive.org/web/20221023201722/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/10/23/get-ready-boris-20-man-who-will-make-tories-britain-great)
“Unfortunately for Zahawi, his piece was published at the exact moment that Johnson told reporters he was dropping out of the leadership contest. Within minutes, the Telegraph had made the unusual decision to wipe Zahawi’s article from the internet without following the standard journalistic practice of offering an explanation or leaving an editor’s note.”
I really dislike this about online news.
They delete articles.
They completely change headlines.
They put up a story with a couple of paragraphs then vastly change it.
They could at least spell out when and what they changed, and never delete things
Torygraph changing headlines to suit their agenda, well I never….
An Aussie here.
Just a couple of questions to help me understand the recent events.
1) Why did the Whips resigned then un-resigned? Did they feel undermined when they initially said the vote on fracking was a confidence motion, only to be told by someone that it isn’t a confidence motion? Also did the Whips decide it was a confidence motion with punishment of losing whip for the rebel MPs?
2) Why did Truss sack Braverman? I can’t fathom losing one of your supporters especially when you are in a dire crisis. Was she told by Hunt or others to sack her?
Many thanks for response!
Client journalism… Most of the British Press is just a loudspeaker for vested interest.
I saw this 2.0 headline in a push notification from Google news and wondered why when I clicked it nothing happened
Within half an hour, Zahawi was publicly backing Sunak. You can’t make this stuff up.
They need to save the ‘Boris 2.0’ line for the next time he runs…
**Today’s 24hr news cycle is quite a ride** The Telegraph and now the BBC
[BBC takes Martine Croxall off air for potential breach of impartiality over Johnson](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/oct/24/bbc-takes-martine-croxall-off-air-for-potential-breach-of-impartiality-over-johnson)
>During her introduction to the programme, which started at 10.30pm on Sunday, about 90 minutes after Boris Johnson pulled out of the Tory leadership race, Croxall said: “Well this is all very exciting, isn’t it?” adding: “Am I allowed to be this gleeful? Well I am.”
Which is honestly one of the more honest and resonant things they’ve said on air
Winston Smith is alive and well working for The Telegraph
Pretty funny how Zahawi has embarassed and disgraced himself so many times in such a short period.
RTA for projectile-vomit inducing excreta from the Mail.
Hint: it’s not a civil war, it’s a death march.
Almost as quickly as he decided which artical to post himself
Poor n00b Nadhim. If he’d only asked, Johnson could have told him that you write *two* articles, ~~one backing remain, the other leave~~ one for Johnson, and one against.
The Daily Telegraph has a trash collection every day.