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Boris Johnson plans to resign as prime minister next spring, Conservative MPs believe.
They say he has been complaining privately that he cannot live on a PM’s salary of £ 150,402 a year.
But first he wants another six months to fix Brexit and see the UK turn the pandemic around, it is believed.
He is said to be jealous of his predecessor Theresa May, who has made more than £ 1 million on the conference circuit since resigning as prime minister last year.
Johnson believes he could achieve at least double that.
Shortly before entering number 10, he made £ 160,000 in one month from two speeches. They also paid him £ 23,000 a month for a regular newspaper column.
One MP said: “Boris has at least six children, some young enough to need financial help.
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“And he had to pay his ex-wife Marina Wheeler a shedload as part of their divorce agreement.”
Johnson also has to consider the future education of his six-month-old son Wilfred. Shipping it to your old Eton school will cost £ 42,500 a year.
Of other former premieres, David Cameron orders £ 120,000 for a speech and Tony Blair has an estimated value of £ 22 million from lectures and consulting.
MPs say that while Johnson longed to be prime minister, he’s not as keen on getting the job done.
One added: “Boris is the typical adulterer. More interested in the chase than the prize. “
Now there is feverish activity behind the scenes as aspiring prime minister competing for the job.
Five contenders await: Foreign Minister Rishi Sunak, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, Cab-
Inet Office Chief Michael Gove, former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, and former Defense Secretary Penny Mordaunt.
The bookies’ favorite is Mr Sunak, having given away £ 300bn in cash from Covid.
Gove will be supported by Johnson’s senior assistant, Dominic Cummings, who advised him when he was an educator.
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But a senior conservative said: “That could well go against Michael. The last thing we want is for Cummings to stay at No. 10. “
As First Secretary and No. 2 Cabinet, Mr. Raab has the advantage of having done Mr. Johnson’s job when the prime minister was sick with Covid-19 this year.
But Hunt hasn’t given up hope, despite being beaten in last year’s leadership contest, and can be seen seeking support among MPs in the Commons.
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