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BOJO'S £95K TALK

Boris Johnson earned £95,000 for a two-hour speech in New York — almost £800 a minute

The former Foreign Secretary already pockets £23,000 a month for his Daily Telegraph column and £77,379 a year as an MP

BORIS Johnson earned almost £800 a minute giving a speech to a finance firm in New York, it emerged last night.

The former Foreign Secretary raked in a staggering £95,000 for the two hour talk which comes on top of his £23,000 a month salary for a Daily Telegraph column and his £77,379 a year MP's salary.

 Mr Johnson was Mayor of London, when he had the capital's Boris Bikes scheme named after him, before returning to Parliament and later being appointed Foreign Secretary
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Mr Johnson was Mayor of London, when he had the capital's Boris Bikes scheme named after him, before returning to Parliament and later being appointed Foreign SecretaryCredit: EPA

He was addressing the US Golden Tree Asset Management firm in the Big Apple earlier this month.

Mr Johnson also took in a £50,000 donation for his office and staffing costs and he pocketed a further £9,500 in royalties from his books.

The figures came from the MP’s official register of interests.

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