The former British prime minister’s book “Unleashed” has made minor news. But British readers seem to be viewing it more as entertainment than history.

Johnson's memoir has been long-awaited: in January last year, his register of interests revealed he had received a £510,000 advance, well above the £7,674 his successor Liz Truss received for her book 10 Years To Save The West.

The former PM who was turfed out of office after the Partygate scandal today publishes his tell-all memoir - Unleashed - and says he regrets apologising over No10 parties

As a "chastened" Tory Party convened for its conference this week, and the wider country remained mired in the gloom that has enveloped it since Keir Starmer's "loveless victory", excerpts from Boris Johnson's soon-to-be-released memoir provided a "much-needed tonic", said the Daily Mail (which had acquired the serialisation rights).

"All the fancy verbiage in the world cannot disguise the emptiness at the heart of this self-serving, solipsistic book."

Boris Johnson's new book, Unleashed, will be released on Thursday. The memoir has been long-awaited: in January last year, his register of interests revealed he had received a £510,000 advance, well above the £7,674 his successor Liz Truss received for her book 10 Years To Save The West.

In his shameless and predictable 772-page account of events, the former PM forgoes the truth to paint a preposterous picture of himself as a man of destiny, too good for his own good

Unleashed’ is the product of his ‘split personality’ and reads like ‘Billy Bunter let loose in Westminster’, writes former home secretary