Boris Johnson raked in £239,000 for a speech in Nigeria where he joked he didn't deserve his Partygate fine.
The scandal-hit former Prime Minister has been on a moneymaking crusade since he was forced out of No10, trousering more than £5million in his first six months out of office.
Mr Johnson registered £239,009.42 from the Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation in the MPs' register of interests for an appearance at a conference in Lagos in March, including a speech, flights and accommodation for himself and two members of staff.
He reportedly told the conference: “A couple of years ago, the Met actually fined me, in circumstances I still find almost too painful to describe, simply for standing at my desk in the Cabinet room and eating lunch.”
The fine - which was actually handed to him last year - related to his attendance at his surprise birthday bash in No10 during the first lockdown in June 2020.
Mr Johnson went on: “For keen followers of British politics, I want you to know the fabled birthday cake remained unseen, by which the BBC and the rest of the media fulminated for most of the rest of the year, [by] me throughout that 20 minutes in its Tupperware box and was belatedly discovered and consumed by my private secretary.”
He added: “Look on the bright side, can you imagine the Moscow police arresting Vladimir Putin for having lunch at his desk for 20 minutes? Can you imagine the Chinese police … Whatever else it shows, that decision, which may seem to me to be bizarre, it shows to me the law is in force in my country without fear or favour.”
His flippant remarks are at odds with his comments at the time, when he apologised and said he accepted he had broken Covid rules.
The register also shows Mr Johnson accepted another £13,500 worth of accommodation from Lord and Lady Bamford, who have been offering his family hospitality since he left Downing Street.
