Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnsonis a British politician, popular historian, author, and journalist. He has been Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs since July 2016 and has served as the Member of Parliamentfor Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015. He had previously served as MP for Henley from 2001 until 2008 and as Mayor of London from 2008 until 2016. A member of the Conservative Party, Johnson identifies as a One-Nation Conservative and has been associated with both...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth19 June 1964
CityNew York City, NY
In 1904, 20 per cent of journeys were made by bicycle in London. I want to see a figure like that again. If you can't turn the clock back to 1904, what's the point of being a Conservative?
I stress – I don't believe that economic equality is possible; indeed some measure of inequality is essential for the spirit of envy and keeping up with the Joneses that is, like greed, a valuable spur to economic activity.
Volunteering is also now more crucial than ever in helping people find work.
Our friends in America will be at the front of the queue for trade deals.
The meat in the sausage has got to be Conservative.
I love tennis with a passion. I challenged Boris Becker to a match once and he said he was up for it but he never called back. I bet I could make him run around.
I am supporting David Cameron purely out of cynical self-interest.
It is possible to have a pretty good life and career being a leech and a parasite in the media world, gadding about from TV studio to TV studio, writing inconsequential pieces and having a good time.
My chances of being PM are about as good as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars, or my being reincarnated as an olive.
The job of mayor of London is unbelievably taxing, particularly in the run-up to the Olympics.
I think it’d be disgraceful if a chap wasn’t allowed to have a bit of fun in Las Vegas. The real scandal would be if you went all the way to Las Vegas and you didn’t misbehave in some trivial way.
Never in my life did I think I would be congratulated by Mick Jagger for achieving anything.
So I'm definitely in favour of stimulating the dynamic wealth creation sectors of the economy.
The dreadful truth is that when people come to see their MP they have run out of better ideas.