Boris Johnson promised to deliver his “unvarnished views” as the former UK prime minister takes up a new position at the GB News channel.
Johnson, who was ousted from power in 2022 and quit Parliament in June, said he will be joining the channel “shortly.” The move holds potential risks for the administration of Rishi Sunak, who Johnson and his allies blame for the role he played in the former premier’s ouster. GB News regularly attacks the current government’s approach from its predominantly right-wing platform.
In a video shared Friday by GB News on X, formerly Twitter, Johnson said he would be giving his “unvarnished views on everything from Russia, China, the war in Ukraine, how we meet all those challenges, to the huge opportunities that lie ahead for us: why I think our best days are yet to come and why, on the whole, the people of the world want to see more global Britain, not less.”
Johnson was a journalist and columnist before entering politics, and wrote columns for the Daily Telegraph while a Member of Parliament and Mayor of London. In the past, his “unvarnished views” have got him into trouble, including a 1995 article in which he blamed single mothers for “producing a generation of ill-raised, ignorant, aggressive and illegitimate children.”
He has also faced fierce criticism for a string of inflammatory comments, including his descriptions of Black people, gay men and Muslim women.
Johnson, 59, quit the House of Commons after reading the result of an investigation into whether he misled lawmakers over his knowledge of Covid-19 rule breaches by officials. The seven-strong, majority-Conservative Privileges Committee found him in “serious contempt.”
His departure from 10 Downing Street was typically controversial. Johnson was ousted as premier after it emerged he’d promoted an MP, Chris Pincher to a senior government role, despite knowing of a formal complaint against him into inappropriate behavior in 2019. That sparked dozens of resignations from his government that eventually led him to also quit.
Parliament’s Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, which former ministers must consult about new jobs for two years after leaving office, said Friday that Johnson had consulted them and that they “did not consider joining GB News as a presenter to raise any particular concerns.”
“It is your responsibility to manage the propriety of the specific pieces of work undertaken with GB News,” the committee told Johnson. “In particular, as a former prime minister, you must be careful not to offer any unfair insight as a result of your access to information and potential influence in government.”
GB News said in a statement Johnson would join at the start of 2024, and will “play a key role in the channel’s coverage of both the UK general election and the US elections.” He will also “create and present a new series showcasing the power of Britain around the world,” as well as hosting occasional special shows with live audiences around the country, the broadcaster said.
Meanwhile Sunak, whose Conservatives are trailing in the polls, will likely be hoping Johnson limits any sniping from the sidelines. In his weekly column in the Daily Mail newspaper, the former prime minister has steered largely clear of needling Sunak and as a result — and for perhaps the first time in his political career — he’s been having little impact on Westminster chatter.
I have a feeling GBNews’ viewers and editors alike are going to find his not-so-unvarnished views disappointing.
A quote that stuck out for me during the conference season was some Labour bod being asked about the harm GB News was causing them. They replied that they actually quite supported it because it’s fracturing the Tory party to the point that they tear themselves apart.
Unvarnished views = boring old Tory shit, it’s never interesting or new
I have no problem with this.
More of his nonsense can only further harm the tories.
Uh, isn’t that phrase usually “unvarnished truth”?
Literally right there on the table, in front of everyone, officer . Then he stuck a little flag in it, saluted, and pulled his trousers back up
Surely the ven diagram of people boris wanted to die off and accept their fate, and the gb news audience, is just a circle?
It is clear that Johnson is all of the following: a chronic and shameless liar; an egomaniac; a racist, though perhaps a casual one (and in a way such a lack of conviction makes it worse); a serial adulterer; and someone who has had a lot of power but lacks respect for the rule of law. He has no principles that are not negotiable (i.e., he has no principles).
> unvarnished
So just the wooden fat tory c**t then.
GB news is waste land, only people viewing it is one only angry man who seems to like it and the rest are just people using the footage for their youtube channel where I watch it from. honestly its nasty
As Boris is lazy and ignorant I really don’t see this lasting very long. He is yesterday’s story.
How can a serial liar that has no clue about truth and honesty be allowed anywhere near a News outlet.
Or is it that GB News is just pure bullshit run by narcissistic Boris Johnson look likes.
I personally think it’s a good thing that his on it. Because I can listen to it and know to support the opposite of what his saying and stay updated on the Tory lies.
I wish this cunt would fuck off into the centre of the sun or something.
is this how we finally find out what the former prime minister actually believes in?
or will Carrie, Dom or Klaus tell him what to say?
Boris is a serial lier. He has absolutely no problem with bullshitting, can’t believe the scum gets into positions of power. So many suckers.
GB News has failed already. Can’t hold on to production staff. Can’t attract talent. Johnson will put lipstick on a fuckpig then roll on to the next payday.
Lies and grift as per usual then? I’ll give that a massive swerve thanks.
Is he going to start talking about ‘letter box[s]’, ‘p*ccaninnies’ with ‘watermelon smiles’, and ‘tank-topped bumboys’ again?
We’ve already seen such unvarnished views as believing a hot hairdryer up the nose treats covid
Yes, because Boris Johnson has famously been restrained and polished, until now.
/s
Boycott. Complete boycott of channel and any products of any of the advertisers.
Do you think boris’s slot is going to be like the shopping channel where he tries to sell hairdryers as a cure all remedy.
Strewth! Bozo’ n’ Auld Stan giving it to You! had me almost pondering about paying for a TV licence. an’I will wager it wont be long before the “WEE SISTER” gets shoehorned in there by stealth, “A right Shower” !
I like to think that 90% of GeeBeebies viewing figures is people tuning in to laugh at the dregs of right wing politics thinking they have any credibility left.
It’s the pantomime gig of failed journalists and politicians.
So *this* is the point that Johnson is going to start telling the truth? Uh-huh.
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Boris Johnson promised to deliver his “unvarnished views” as the former UK prime minister takes up a new position at the GB News channel.
Johnson, who was ousted from power in 2022 and quit Parliament in June, said he will be joining the channel “shortly.” The move holds potential risks for the administration of Rishi Sunak, who Johnson and his allies blame for the role he played in the former premier’s ouster. GB News regularly attacks the current government’s approach from its predominantly right-wing platform.
In a video shared Friday by GB News on X, formerly Twitter, Johnson said he would be giving his “unvarnished views on everything from Russia, China, the war in Ukraine, how we meet all those challenges, to the huge opportunities that lie ahead for us: why I think our best days are yet to come and why, on the whole, the people of the world want to see more global Britain, not less.”
Johnson was a journalist and columnist before entering politics, and wrote columns for the Daily Telegraph while a Member of Parliament and Mayor of London. In the past, his “unvarnished views” have got him into trouble, including a 1995 article in which he blamed single mothers for “producing a generation of ill-raised, ignorant, aggressive and illegitimate children.”
He has also faced fierce criticism for a string of inflammatory comments, including his descriptions of Black people, gay men and Muslim women.
Johnson, 59, quit the House of Commons after reading the result of an investigation into whether he misled lawmakers over his knowledge of Covid-19 rule breaches by officials. The seven-strong, majority-Conservative Privileges Committee found him in “serious contempt.”
His departure from 10 Downing Street was typically controversial. Johnson was ousted as premier after it emerged he’d promoted an MP, Chris Pincher to a senior government role, despite knowing of a formal complaint against him into inappropriate behavior in 2019. That sparked dozens of resignations from his government that eventually led him to also quit.
Parliament’s Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, which former ministers must consult about new jobs for two years after leaving office, said Friday that Johnson had consulted them and that they “did not consider joining GB News as a presenter to raise any particular concerns.”
“It is your responsibility to manage the propriety of the specific pieces of work undertaken with GB News,” the committee told Johnson. “In particular, as a former prime minister, you must be careful not to offer any unfair insight as a result of your access to information and potential influence in government.”
GB News said in a statement Johnson would join at the start of 2024, and will “play a key role in the channel’s coverage of both the UK general election and the US elections.” He will also “create and present a new series showcasing the power of Britain around the world,” as well as hosting occasional special shows with live audiences around the country, the broadcaster said.
Meanwhile Sunak, whose Conservatives are trailing in the polls, will likely be hoping Johnson limits any sniping from the sidelines. In his weekly column in the Daily Mail newspaper, the former prime minister has steered largely clear of needling Sunak and as a result — and for perhaps the first time in his political career — he’s been having little impact on Westminster chatter.
I have a feeling GBNews’ viewers and editors alike are going to find his not-so-unvarnished views disappointing.
A quote that stuck out for me during the conference season was some Labour bod being asked about the harm GB News was causing them. They replied that they actually quite supported it because it’s fracturing the Tory party to the point that they tear themselves apart.
Unvarnished views = boring old Tory shit, it’s never interesting or new
I have no problem with this.
More of his nonsense can only further harm the tories.
Uh, isn’t that phrase usually “unvarnished truth”?
Literally right there on the table, in front of everyone, officer . Then he stuck a little flag in it, saluted, and pulled his trousers back up
Surely the ven diagram of people boris wanted to die off and accept their fate, and the gb news audience, is just a circle?
It is clear that Johnson is all of the following: a chronic and shameless liar; an egomaniac; a racist, though perhaps a casual one (and in a way such a lack of conviction makes it worse); a serial adulterer; and someone who has had a lot of power but lacks respect for the rule of law. He has no principles that are not negotiable (i.e., he has no principles).
> unvarnished
So just the wooden fat tory c**t then.
GB news is waste land, only people viewing it is one only angry man who seems to like it and the rest are just people using the footage for their youtube channel where I watch it from. honestly its nasty
As Boris is lazy and ignorant I really don’t see this lasting very long. He is yesterday’s story.
How can a serial liar that has no clue about truth and honesty be allowed anywhere near a News outlet.
Or is it that GB News is just pure bullshit run by narcissistic Boris Johnson look likes.
I personally think it’s a good thing that his on it. Because I can listen to it and know to support the opposite of what his saying and stay updated on the Tory lies.
I wish this cunt would fuck off into the centre of the sun or something.
is this how we finally find out what the former prime minister actually believes in?
or will Carrie, Dom or Klaus tell him what to say?
Boris is a serial lier. He has absolutely no problem with bullshitting, can’t believe the scum gets into positions of power. So many suckers.
GB News has failed already. Can’t hold on to production staff. Can’t attract talent. Johnson will put lipstick on a fuckpig then roll on to the next payday.
Lies and grift as per usual then? I’ll give that a massive swerve thanks.
Is he going to start talking about ‘letter box[s]’, ‘p*ccaninnies’ with ‘watermelon smiles’, and ‘tank-topped bumboys’ again?
We’ve already seen such unvarnished views as believing a hot hairdryer up the nose treats covid
Yes, because Boris Johnson has famously been restrained and polished, until now.
/s
Boycott. Complete boycott of channel and any products of any of the advertisers.
Do you think boris’s slot is going to be like the shopping channel where he tries to sell hairdryers as a cure all remedy.
Strewth! Bozo’ n’ Auld Stan giving it to You! had me almost pondering about paying for a TV licence. an’I will wager it wont be long before the “WEE SISTER” gets shoehorned in there by stealth, “A right Shower” !
I like to think that 90% of GeeBeebies viewing figures is people tuning in to laugh at the dregs of right wing politics thinking they have any credibility left.
It’s the pantomime gig of failed journalists and politicians.
So *this* is the point that Johnson is going to start telling the truth? Uh-huh.