Boris Johnson's Blog, page 43

Thames Estuary: Boris Island airport 'would bring Brazil billions to UK'

The 100–page paper says that an extra hub airport would radically increase foreign direct investment into Britain from fast–growing developing countries.


The news comes amid suggestions that the Treasury and Downing Street are throwing their we...

A golden chance to put down the Xbox and take up sport

I am not going to count my chickens, of course, but so far preparations for London 2012 are going outstandingly well. The venues are almost complete, on time and under budget. The velodrome is ready; the aquatics centre is ready; the stadium – once...

Boris Johnson warns that David Cameron's 'bazooka' plan will wreck democracy in EU

In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph the London Mayor hit out at Mr Cameron's call for the European Central Bank to deploy a "big bazooka" - effectively printing money - to help bail out the stricken economies in the south of the continent.


Mr...

Boris Johnson: 'I've a healthy dose of sheer egomania'

In his large, eighth-floor office in London's City Hall, with its phalanx of computer screens and its views over the Thames, Boris Johnson is plotting his re-election campaign. In May, he will take on, once again, Labour's Ken Livingstone for the...

EU crisis: The Greek Austerity Diet will only leave them feeling fed up

OK, that's it. I can take the taunts no longer. I am inventing a new diet: it's called the Greek austerity diet. And I am putting myself on it right away. The moment of revelation came last Friday when we were out there in Monaco to argue that Lo...

Metal thieves dishonour the war dead with their vandalism

It was one of the most conspicuous acts of bravery of the Second World War. On March 18, 1944, a 30-year-old lieutenant from Sidcup was leading his men up a hill in Burma that was occupied by the Japanese. It was always going to be a tough encounter,...

Daylight saving time: Don't let the Scots steal this hour because they want a lie-in

No, no, that can't be right. They can't trifle with our hopes like that. It is now more than two years since the Greater London Authority renewed its campaigning for lighter winter evenings – and last week we thought we had a stunning breakthrough....

Mellitus, the saint who retook London from barbarians

"Mellitus?" said the guide with an air of surprise. I felt as if I had gone into Waitrose and asked for something quaint —like a hogs-head of mead.


After all, it's tricky finding a Londoner who has heard of Mellitus. But Vivien Kermath is o...

Boris Johnson's 'Life of London': exclusive extract

People go to art galleries for all sorts of reasons: to edify their souls, to make assignations, to get out of the rain. But it is not often they are rewarded with a thermonuclear bust-up between two of the world's greatest artists.


The scene was...

The lesson for Europe from the beach at Arromanches

If you want to see the original purpose of the European Union, then you should join me for a little pousse-café here on the beach. It is a beautiful scene. People are strolling in the autumn sunshine. Dogs and sail-surfers roam the sweeping, biscuit...