NEW JOURNAL, LONDON.- Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has used his first column in the “Daily Mail” tabloid to detail how weight loss pills made him sick, so he’s opted to work out to lose weight.

Johnson agreed with newspapers to publish the column a week after resigning as MP eight days ago following criticism from the House of Commons Committee on Privileges, which concluded that politicians misled Parliament in “partygate”, the party’s official residence in Downing Street during the pandemic. .

In a 1,200-word newspaper article, the former Conservative Prime Minister discussed his failed experience with appetite suppressants, although he concluded they could be used to address the UK’s obesity crisis.

As usual, the former leader of the “Tories” uses quotes from the Roman emperor Julius Caesar or the English playwright William Shakespeare to color his texts.

In his column, Johnson said he noticed a government colleague’s weight loss and wondered how he achieved it.

«I immediately thought of Julius Caesar and his preference for well-fed co-workers. Let me have fat men around me,” said the Roman dictator, shortly before his assassination,” Johnson wrote in one of his paragraphs.

He added that he was aware that government partners had been using “amazing” pills that he had tried himself, but he eventually stopped because he was sick, so he has now turned to “exercise and will”, but concluded they could be used. to help others lose weight if it works for them.

After it became official on Friday that Johnson would serve as a columnist for the “Daily Mail”, the parliamentary advisory committee on business designations (Acoba) – a regulatory body -, indicated that Johnson committed a “violation” of parliamentary rules by reporting 30 minutes. before that his signing will be announced by the tabloids.

The ministerial code stipulates that deputies must ensure that no new appointments are announced before the committee can give its advice, something that is mandatory even if a deputy has recently resigned, according to a spokesman for the committee.

On Thursday, when publishing its report, the Commons Privileges Committee recommended that Johnson be suspended from the Commons for 90 days for “partygate”, although the penalty would not be implemented because the politician resigned as an MP.

Johnson later called the report “rubbish” and called Thursday a “terrible day” for democracy.

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