Boris Johnson with his new Carlton Club portrait
(Picture: TalkTV)Will Liz Truss get a portrait in Tory party stronghold the Carlton Club? Former PM Boris Johnson was at the St James’s private members club last night to unveil his own painting, right, given to most ex-Tory PMs. Thought to have cost tens of thousands, it was commissioned while he was still in power. After a speech, Johnson joked: “I was framed.”
We called the club this morning to ask if Truss will get a portrait, given she left No 10 after only a month. We were told the official line is “no comment”. Members of the Carlton, which was the first home of the Conservative party, may prefer not to spend money remembering her short reign. Johnson’s fall was hastened when then deputy chief whip Chris Pincher was accused of sexually assaulting two men at the club last June.
