Boris Johnson's Blog, page 41

The loony Left, out to destroy youngsters’ hopes of a job

They have been bawling about the need for “proper” jobs, and denouncing all companies who cooperate with the scheme. You may wonder what these “proper” jobs might be: presumably the kind of self-replicating public sector positions that so ramp...

The loony Left, out to destroy youngsters' hopes of a job

They have been bawling about the need for "proper" jobs, and denouncing all companies who cooperate with the scheme. You may wonder what these "proper" jobs might be: presumably the kind of self-replicating public sector positions that so ramp...

Boris Johnson: Blackfriars Station is as clean as a Swiss maternity ward

Blackfriars Underground station, shut for nearly three years, finally reopened today after a spectacular redevelopment.

The work has been part of the redevelopment of Blackfriars main line station which, in turn, is part of the Bedford to Brighton Th...

Brussels is slowly beeting the life out of our sugar industry

Now this superb business faces a threat from Brussels, and the imposition of an unnecessary and badly thought-out regulation. For 134 years, the company has sourced its sugar cane from around the world — not unnaturally, since the crop doesn't gro...

Boris Johnson: Abu Qatada surveillance requires 60 police officers a day

The extremist preacher was freed from Long Lartin top security jail on Monday evening but will be banned from holding lengthy conversations with anyone beyond his family and will not be allowed to leave his home for 22 hours a day — including going...

On top of everything else, Abu Qatada costs us a small fortune

There are all sorts of reasons to gibber with anger at the Abu Qatada business. This is a man who came here illegally in 1993, and has used his time in our country to issue a series of revolting injunctions to his followers. He has called for the mur...

Britain won't create a Facebook until we learn to praise success

Well, to see the answer, you have to go back to The Social Network, the wonderful film about the birth of the company. It was about the war between Zuckerberg and the preppy Winklevoss brothers over the paternity of Facebook. It was a feud that began ...

It's too late for other Europeans to be as efficient as Germans

Over the last few years, we have become familiar with the fiscal analysis of the problem. We are told that it was all about the failure to uphold the Maastricht Treaty, and the profligate spending and borrowing of Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece. An...

Boris Johnson: 50p tax rate 'unlikely' to be axed

Boris Johnson said it was "unlikely" to be axed in the current climate, but warned that in the long term the City must be able to compete internationally.


Earlier this month David Cameron said he still regarded the rate – introduced by Labour in ...

Fowl play in London mayoral race

A different type of chicken run has been spotted outside City Hall.


A man dressed as a chicken was seen running after a Boris Johnson double on a Boris bike.


"Boris Johns-hen" as the chicken is known, is the brainchild of Ken Livingstone's campai...