- Boris Johnson’s Change of Focus
- Boris Johnson’s Experience with Weight-Loss Drugs
- Speculations on Boris Johnson’s Future in Politics
Boris Johnson wrote about his obesity and weight-loss drugs in his latest piece instead of attacking Rishi Sunak.
Boris Johnson has stopped arguing with Rishi Sunak over the damaging Partygate report.
First, he instructed his closest associates in the House of Commons not to vote against the privileges committee report proposing a 90-day suspension for him if he were still an MP.
In a major U-turn, the former prime minister asked his followers to “come together and move on” and “turn down the heat and calm down.”
Mr. Johnson talked about using injections to manage his desires for cheddar and chorizo instead of condemning the privileges committee.
However, Mr. Johnson writes that middle-aged MPs who lose weight may run for leadership after the next election.
“We need to reduce the climate and relax. I don’t believe there will be a referendum. Because it is only a single-line whip, there will be very few attendees.
“Don’t rule out Boris running for opposition leader after the next election. He’s going to submerge for the time being. For the time being, he desires to regain his reputation as a beloved columnist.
Mr. Johnson’s Daily Mail column, about which the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments complained it was not informed until 30 minutes before the paper disclosed it, constituting a “clear breach” of the ministerial code, is said to be worth a substantial six-figure sum.
The column started, “I first suspected something was amiss when I noticed a certain cabinet member had miraculously altered his appearance. He possessed a novel jawline. His neck effortlessly emerged from his collar.
“The cabinet table chair stopped sticking to his hips when he got up. I have it! He had lost weight and stomach stones…”
Although the former prime minister did not identify the cabinet minister, it is believed to be Nadhim Zahawi, who served as education secretary before briefly becoming chancellor under Mr. Johnson following Mr. Sunak’s resignation.
But in what could have been a jab at the slender Mr. Sunak, whom the ex-prime minister’s allies accuse of striking Mr. Johnson in the back when he resigned, he said he thought of Julius Caesar and wrote: “Let me have fat men around me,” the Roman dictator said shortly before he was assassinated. “Yond Cassius appears thin and hungry.”
Mr. Johnson added, “There are only two possible explanations for a middle-aged man’s sudden weight loss if he is otherwise healthy.” Either he has fallen irrevocably in love, or he is about to run for the leadership of the Conservative Party.
“Then one of those coworkers approached and murmured the truth – that there was a completely different explanation. According to him, he had access to a miracle drug. “It reduces your appetite,” he said.
The second colleague is believed to be Mr. Johnson’s close ally and former Cabinet Office fixer Nigel Adams, whom he attempted to send to the House of Lords and who, like the former prime minister, has resigned as a Member of Parliament, necessitating a by-election in his Selby and Ainsty constituency.
Mr. Johnson wrote, “After consulting with a physician, I was advised that I was an ideal candidate for these appetite-suppressing medications”.
It’s easy, the doctor said. Simply inject a minuscule amount of clear Ozempic fluid into your abdomen once a week, and voila! No more midnight raids on the refrigerator for cheese and chorizo washed down with a quarter bottle of wine.
“He wrote out the prescription, and I dashed to the pharmacy. I was a little taken aback by the price, but I told myself, ‘What the devil,’ considering the health benefits.
“Therefore, I pricked my intestines for weeks, and it worked for weeks. When things went wrong, I was losing four to five pounds per week”.
I don’t know precisely why. And I began to detest the injections because they were making me feel ill. Perhaps it had something to do with my frequent international travel and time zone changes.
And perhaps revealing too much information, he continued: “One minute I’d be fine, and the next I’d be talking to Ralph on the large white phone, and I’m afraid I decided I couldn’t continue.
“For the time being, I am reverting to exercise and willpower. But I look at my colleagues, who are thinner but not hungrier. And I hope that if science can help them, it may one day help me and everyone else as well.”
Many Conservative MPs will be convinced by Mr. Johnson’s column that he intends to return to the House of Commons at the next election – and even mount a new leadership bid – regardless of his physical condition.
