Boris Johnson's Blog, page 51

Control the flow of Immigration

I like to think I have campaigned pretty consistently against pointless quotas and restrictions
Sheesh. Cool it, folks. I know that from time to time this column has scandalised some readers with its laissez-faire approach. I opposed the ban on fox-hunting. I had a pop at mandatory booster seats for 10-year-olds and warnings on wine bottles [...:]

Boris Johnson to run for Mayor in 2012

To-day's announcement by Boris Johnson of his intention to seek a second term as Mayor of London will be welcomed by many Londoners and come as a huge relief to the current leaders of the Conservative Party.  A recent discussion of the question "Should Boris return to Parliament ?" prompts a well-wisher to offer —
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Ed Balls: a new slump looms

It's no use my telling them, of course, but the People's Party is on the verge of making a historic mistake. They are about to elect one of the two Miliband brothers as their leader, when neither of these perfectly amiable north London intellectuals has ever said anything memorable about anything. (What is the definition [...:]

Q: Should Boris return to Parliament?

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Lessons in Africa

Boris returns from Tanzania to conclude that the lady who threw the cat in a wheelie bin should be taken to a safari camp close to a pride of lions                                                                                                                                                                                               

Like all leading moralists of the age, I have spent the past few days brooding incessantly on the lady who threw the cat into the [...:]

Nelson Mandela and the holy quest

Poor old Dawkins. Poor old Hitchens. You know who I mean: the writers who make a mint with those blockbusters proclaiming that God is dead. They yearn for a human race composed entirely of scientific rationalists, and look at what they get.


You can mock the tenets of Christianity, you can drive people out of churches, [...:]

The holy impulse than can lead to dinner with a despot

Celebrities are prepared to risk their reputations to be pictured in the
company of greatness, says Boris Johnson

Why does Atatürk Havalimani* have all the money?

* havalimani :  airport












Istanbul's gleaming and expanding airport is a symbol of a nation going places …















… Heathrow is not,argues Boris Johnson.—








The other night we were filling in time at Istanbul airport, and I was watching an official dart around on one of those new Segway gizmos.  Have you seen one?  They are extraordinary.  It was as though [...:]

Turkey is taking off, but with Heathrow our wings are clipped

Istanbul's gleaming airport is a symbol of a nation going places. Heathrow is
not, argues Boris Johnson.