He might have been adept at dodging scrutiny, but one thing Boris Johnson never avoided was the limelight.
So fond was he of having his picture taken that he even employed his own personal photographer at the taxpayer’s expense.
Andrew Parsons, who was paid to take the staged snap of the then foreign secretary when he resigned over Brexit, joined the PM’s staff in January 2020.
Johnson, famously hid inside a fridge rather than face questions from a Good Morning Britain reporter, has happily posed for pictures that he thought would show his political prowess or endear him to the public, from celebrating his election landslide to his wedding day.
Of course, the camera lens has also found him out, like the one of him raising a glass during a rule-breaking lockdown party.
Here are some of the images of a PM soon to be consigned to history.
And it's goodbye to this useless lot, too...
Ten years ago Nadine Dorries was tucking into ostrich anus, lamb’s testicle and other delicacies during her 2012 jungle stint on I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!
Today, she sits in the Cabinet - though probably for not much longer. She is one of several ministers likely to be booted out when Boris Johnson finally quits.
Oddly, previous Tory prime ministers David Cameron and Theresa May somehow managed to overlook Ms Dorries’, um, “talents”. Not so Mr Johnson, who plucked the chick lit author from backbench obscurity and made her a Health Minister in his first government.
Few thought she would rise further.
But in September she was propelled into the Cabinet as Culture Secretary. Cynics suggest the outgoing PM prizes loyalty over ability - and point to Ms Dorries’ presence in his top team as evidence. Johnson’s successor is unlikely to require Ms Dorries’ services and a return to the backbenches is imminent.
As well as penning more books, could she become a guest presenter on Loose Women?
Another whose time in the Cabinet is surely ticking away is Jacob Rees-Mogg.
Regularly referred to as the Honourable Member for the 18th Century, his antiquated style and refusal to hide his privilege may not find favour with the new boss.
The picture of Rees-Mogg reclining on the Commons frontbench during an emergency Brexit debate in September 2019 provided one of the enduring images of Johnson’s reign.
Perhaps he will end up advertising reclining sofas on TV.
International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan could also be freed from a ministerial role after imposing tariffs on steel imports, along with Nigel Adams.
He has never impressed at the Despatch Box – his mumbling failing to electrify the Commons.
Surely a job narrating sleep CDs for insomniacs awaits.
