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

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.

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.

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).

By Boris Johnson. Harper; 784 pages; $40. William Collins; £30. I t was 2008, during the global financial crisis. Boris Johnson was mayor of London. The political situ

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