Boris
Johnson has said he can no longer afford his accustomed lifestyle on a prime
minister’s salary, claimed that he used to earn much more as a newspaper
columnist, and declared that he is going to resign after cleaning up the Brexit
mess.
I
had known since the days of Yes Prime
Minister that the British pay their high political officials in a miserly
way (as compared to France or the USA or Singapore, and even India, where though
the salaries are laughable, the expense accounts are virtually limitless), but
there are two things that I find noteworthy here: I did know that famous TV
anchors earned huge pay packets, but not that even newspaper columnists earned
on a lavish scale, and secondly, that Johnson used to be one of those high fliers
before he came into politics. What on earth possessed him to make the shift?
Also,
would any politico in India ever dare to be halfway as brazenly candid?
.JPG)
