Turns out Liz “Lettuce” Truss, famed for her 49-day reign as Britain’s PM, isn’t the only piece of rotting debris from the Conservative Party’s disastrous final years in power to wash up on these shores.

Truss’ appearance before a few hundred at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Brisbane next month will be swiftly followed by another visit from Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson in December, whose buffoonish three years in No.10 ended with a whimper in 2022 after a series of scandals.

Johnson clearly loves the antipodean sun and, after addressing a sell-out crowd of Liberal Party hacks at last December’s John Howard Lecture, is back to talk about his Boys’ Own prime ministership to a few hundred wealthy friends at a lunch at Sydney’s Doltone House, and dinner the following night at the Sofitel in Melbourne.

With celebrity agent Max Markson promoting Bojo’s tour, and spruiking him to various big corporates, tickets aren’t cheap. Standard tables of 10 start at $4000, with VIP tables (you get a signed copy of Johnson’s new memoir Unleashed) costing $6000. For $10,000 a table you can get the full Platinum BJ experience, which includes a signed copy of the book and a photo with the great man.

Johnson, who recently became co-chair of a uranium company whose founder is chummy with colourful former Donald Trump aide Steve Bannon, remains a man in high demand. His time doesn’t come cheap, either. Before quitting parliament Johnson accepted a £2.4 million speaker’s fee. No wonder Markson is charging an arm and a leg.

https://www.smh.com.au/cbd/boris-johnson-returns-to-australia-for-exclusive-tour-20240915-p5kap1.html

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