Boris Johnson's Blog, page 33

Boris Johnson backs London Poppy Day appeal, 007 style

The Mayor of London looked windswept but relaxed as he sped along the Thames on a motor boat before being winched aboard HMS Severn.


Mr Johnson admitted to having been rather nervous about the adventurous stunt, but said that, in the event, he had ...

Newspapers are worth fighting for – even when they’re wrong

You can’t “strike journalists off”, as if they were accountants or lawyers or gynaecologists. They aren’t a profession: they are a great pulsating rabble of people who are distinguished only by our desire – I will not say our ability – to ...

Don’t honour a Brussels office block – give the Nobel to Maggie

Yes, instead of giving the prize to a clutch of ugly plate-glass office blocks in Brussels, the Nobel committee should have awarded it to Margaret Hilda Thatcher.
To understand why Baroness Thatcher deserves the Nobel prize for peace in Europe, you on...

Third Heathrow runway could triple pollution deaths

"On a nationwide basis, early deaths due to UK airport emissions decrease by a quarter relative to an unexpanded Heathrow," they wrote in the report by MIT's Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment, which looked at pollution emissions at the top 2...

Boris Johnson tells David Cameron to cut top rate of tax

He accepted that Mr Cameron, under political attack from Labour for getting rid of the 50p rate, would not appreciate his public call for another tax rate.
“It’s a difficult time, and I accept that people won’t like to hear it, but it’s the ki...

Boris Johnson: ‘If I am a mop then, Dave, you are a broom’

The Mayor of London wished David Cameron a happy birthday, before replying to the Prime Minister's earlier comment that Boris Johnson was a "blonde haired mop" with the retort that Mr Cameron is "a broom that is cleaning up the mess left by the Labou...

Conservative Party Conference 2012: Boris Johnson backs David Cameron

Boris Johnson appeared to dampen down speculation about his potential to be a future Tory leader with a resounding endorsement of David Cameron's government.


Speaking at a fringe event at the Conservative Party Conference on Monday night, Mr Johnso...

Boris Johnson endorses David Cameron amid leadership speculation

Boris Johnson appeared to dampen down speculation about his potential to be a future Tory leader with a resounding endorsement of David Cameron's government.


Speaking at a fringe event at the Conservative Party Conference on Monday night, Mr Johnso...

Boris Johnson backs David Cameron

Boris Johnson appeared to dampen down speculation about his potential to be a future Tory leader with a resounding endorsement of David Cameron's government.


Speaking at a fringe event at the Conservative Party Conference on Monday night, Mr Johnso...

Tory Party Conference: hundreds of supporters queue to see Boris Johnson

Boosted by the London 2012 Olympics, the Mayor of London, arrives amid the sort of expectation and speculation more often associated rock stars.


Mr Johnson is favourite among many Conservative supporters to replace David Cameron as leader of the Co...