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Boris Johnson to write for the Daily Fail. How was he as a journo? Do you look forward to his columns again?

Daily Mail have said Johnson has been approached about writing a column for the paper when he leaves Downing Street.

Such an arrangement could cement the close links between the prime minister and the Mail titles – with potential benefits for all involved.

There has been continued speculation that Johnson is preparing to give a peerage to the Paul Dacre – the editor-in-chief of the Daily Mail’s parent company – in his resignation honours list.

by Anonymousreply 22August 14, 2022 11:21 PM

Can't wait to read his Father's Day column.

by Anonymousreply 1August 13, 2022 6:58 AM

You don't have to be a journo to write for the Fail. You just need the gift of snark... "Chrissy Metz shows off her girlish figure while devouring a large pizza"

by Anonymousreply 2August 13, 2022 7:59 AM

He won’t actually write for them. He’ll scrawl a little childlike doodle with crayons and some ghostwriter will try to come up with the actual words.

by Anonymousreply 3August 13, 2022 8:39 AM

[quote]You don't have to be a journo to write for the Fail. You just need the gift of snark... "Chrissy Metz shows off her girlish figure while devouring a large pizza"

And stick to the political hymn sheet: "Russia's Faltering Invasion of Ukraine Barely Poised to Take Control of the Donbas".

by Anonymousreply 4August 13, 2022 8:50 AM

He was once sacked from the Times as a young journalist for making up a quote about Edward II and Piers Galveston.

Later on as Brussels correspondant for the Telegraph he would just make up absolute rubbish about supposedly loony EU policies: such as a supposed attempt to set minimum dimensions for condoms.

Then, in a column in the Telegraph, he mocked a visit by Tony Blair to Africa and described children waiting to greet him there as 'flag-waving picaninnies'. I still cannot really believe he managed to get that published in a national newspaper. It was when I began to realise that the one constant rule of Johnson's life (up until recently) was that he would be given a pass for everything, because of how he spoke and how he presented himself.

So my expectations are low.

Also, there's still no way he can suffer enough.

by Anonymousreply 5August 13, 2022 8:58 AM

It's public school boy humor.

by Anonymousreply 6August 13, 2022 9:06 AM

Don’t worry OP, he’ll fit in perfectly.

by Anonymousreply 7August 13, 2022 9:20 AM

It's a bit of a come down from the telegraph innit?

by Anonymousreply 8August 13, 2022 11:31 AM

He's a very capable writer, but he often goes too far with his descriptive language.

by Anonymousreply 9August 13, 2022 11:41 AM

He used to write a regular car review for GQ. The editor of GQ has since said a lot of the time he didn't even drive the car.

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by Anonymousreply 10August 13, 2022 11:48 AM

[quote] described children waiting to greet him there as 'flag-waving picaninnies'

R7 Did he make up the bit about them waving flags?

by Anonymousreply 11August 13, 2022 12:07 PM

^^ Was that meant to be a witticism?

by Anonymousreply 12August 13, 2022 12:15 PM

^^ Was that meant to be an example of —

1. Millennials indulging in Cancelling people and words because they're self-appointed Social Justice Warriors.

2. Virtue-Signalling taking offence on behalf of strangers, just like Tom Daley did.

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by Anonymousreply 13August 14, 2022 7:30 AM

R13 Do you think the word 'picaninnies' is acceptable for publication in a quality newspaper?

by Anonymousreply 14August 14, 2022 7:32 AM

The words that you find to be acceptable today the mob will find to be UNacceptable when you grow to maturity.

by Anonymousreply 15August 14, 2022 7:36 AM

R15 so do you or don't you?

by Anonymousreply 16August 14, 2022 7:40 AM

R16 You're keen to have fight, aren't you?

by Anonymousreply 17August 14, 2022 7:43 AM

Not at all, I'm just asking a nice, civil question. Who's fighting?

Do you or not?

by Anonymousreply 18August 14, 2022 7:46 AM

It makes perfect financial sense for the Daily Mail to hire Johnson.

The clickbait/outrage income that news outlets gets from advertising will more than offset his fee.

Very similar to Owen Jones at The Guardian. They deliberately commission controversial articles because they know people will share them on Twitter. "Can you believe the shite that Squealer has churned out this week" etc.

There's no real journalistic merit in the decision, just a financial one.

by Anonymousreply 19August 14, 2022 8:08 AM

r15 He used it in 2002, it was offensive then.

by Anonymousreply 20August 14, 2022 11:17 AM

I was offended.

Therefore I declare this word to be offensive.

by Anonymousreply 21August 14, 2022 10:57 PM

Honestly just come out and say you still use the word yourself R21, that would be more respectable than this low-grade freedom of speech stuff you're trying to make happen.

by Anonymousreply 22August 14, 2022 11:21 PM
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