Disappearing scoop: story of Johnson's 100,000-a-year favour to his future wife Ministry of Truthed

[Emrys]

1. The "superinjunction" theory's a non-runner. Other media are now running with it:

Carrie Johnson and the curious case of the vanishing Times story

Report had claimed Boris Johnson tried to hire his now wife as chief of staff when foreign secretary, but then it was deleted

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On Saturday, the Times reported claims that Boris Johnson had tried to hire his now wife as his chief of staff when he was foreign secretary.

But almost as soon as the article hit the printers, it was withdrawn, without explanation or clarification.

The piece, written by the veteran lobby journalist Simon Walters, formerly of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, appeared on page five of some early print copies of Saturday’s Times newspaper but was dropped for later editions.
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The story expanded on claims in a biography of Carrie Johnson by the Tory donor and peer Lord Ashcroft that Johnson had tried to appoint her to a £100,000-a-year government job when he was foreign secretary in 2018.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/19/carrie-johnson-and-the-curious-case-of-the-vanishing-times-story

In a spectacular demonstration of the Streisand Effect, the hashtag #Carriegate has been ttending on Twitter all day.

According to Dominic Cummings - so take this with as much salt as you like - this wasn't the only or last time Johnson tried to get his wife a cushy government job.