.shawnmccreesh reports on how the London press is sending off Boris Johnson — and what they'll do without him
Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photos: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Private Eye The fall of Boris Johnson meant, for the British press, the fall of one of their own. A onetime very well-paid columnist and editor who liked to write books that seemed to place his life in the broader sweep of history, Johnson, like most members of the clubby ruling classes of the U.K., had gone to the right schools and seemingly failed up in his journalism career through the right connections.
Before the party, I’d met with a cabinet member of the Johnson government. This official participated in Johnson’s downfall but believes that the press will miss Johnson, calling him “the first celebrity Prime Minister.” Comparisons between Johnson and Donald Trump are never quite one-to-one, but this recalled the mood among the Washington press corps shortly after Trump left office.
Photo: Private Eye Power-thirsty press barons are adjusting to a post-Johnson landscape. Lord Rothermere’s Daily Mail were Johnson’s greatest champion at the newsstand; after running a headline “What the Hell Have They Done?” on July 8, they appear to be going all-in for Truss. The Telegraph is likely to go for Truss, too. Rupert Murdoch’s papers, The Times and the Sunday Times, come across so far friendlier to Sunak.
In the parlance of Private Eye, News Corp. is “NewsCorpse,” Morgan has for years been referred to as “Piers Moron,” Rupert is “the Dirty Digger,” his soon-to-be ex-wife is “Leggy Hall,” and his heir apparent is “Lachluster.” In my palavers with top members of the British press world this week, people were still trying to figure out why Murdoch really left Hall and debating Meghan Markle versus “Camilla de Vil,” as the Eye called her.
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