endorsing Barack Obama, Telegraph Column, October 21, 2008
2000s, 2008
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Ben Macintyre, "'Hello, I'm your MP. Actually no, I'm your candidate. Gosh'", The Times, 19 April 2005, p. 23.
On Michael Howard.
2000s, 2005
Unsigned editorial entitled "Infantile resentment" in The Spectator, 22 November 2003, p. 7.
On George W. Bush.
Attributed
During the announcement that he would not run to become Britain's prime minister. A reference to Brutus's "There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" in Julius Caesar. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/01/world/europe/britain-conservative-party.html (June 30, 2016)
2010s, 2016
Interviewed on Desert Island Discs http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00935b6, first broadcast on 30 October 2005, about his early journalistic career working for The Times and then as Brussels correspondent for The Daily Telegraph. In fact, rather than failing to beat another trainee to win a permanent position, he was sacked for falsifying a quotation http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6901161.stm.
2000s, 2005
Have I Got Views for You, p277
2000s, 2006
2000s, 2008, First Speech As London Mayor (May 3, 2008)
Beth Pearson, "Has Howard got news for Boris?", The Herald (Glasgow), 13 November 2004, p. 15.
Explaining why he quit after a week as a management consultant.
2000s, 2004
Source: 2000s, 2008, First Speech As London Mayor (May 3, 2008)
“The Lib Dems are not just empty. They are a void within a vacuum surrounded by a vast inanition.”
"The least said about Lib Dems, the better", Daily Telegraph, 25 September 2003, p. 24.
2000s, 2003
“It was a stellar performance. I may as well give up now and make way for an older man.”
Hickey, The Express, 12 May 2004.
On his father Stanley's appearance on Have I Got News For You.
2000s, 2004
"Paying through the Doge for Europe", Daily Telegraph, 11 March 2004, p. 22.
2000s, 2004
“Old Man Howard, that Old Man Howard, he just keeps rolling, just keeps rolling.”
Andrew Pierce, "Boris on a roll", The Times, 29 April 2005, p. 40.
When asked by The Oxford Student whether he sees anyone amongst his younger colleagues who would one day replace Howard.
2000s, 2005
“I don't see why he's any less of a candidate for the than Barack Obama.”
Source: Boris Johnson: Why Trump could deserve Nobel Peace Prize http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-44034266/boris-johnson-why-trump-could-deserve-nobel-peace-prize (7 May 2018)
“The meat in the sausage has got to be Conservative”
BBC News Interview http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8668036.stm with Jeremy Paxman, BBC News, 7 May 2010
Johnson on the possibility of a coalition after the United Kingdom general election, May 2010.
Johnson: Whatever type of Wall's sausage is contrived by this great experiment, the dominant ingredient has got to be conservatism. The meat in the sausage has got to be Conservative, I would say. With plenty of bread and other bits and pieces.
Paxman: The question is whether it's a chipolata or a Cumberland sausage, I suppose, is it?
Johnson: This is fantastic to listen to. Enough of this gastronomic metaphor!
Paxman: You started it!
Johnson: Well, I've had enough of it!
Paxman: Haven't you got a city to run?
Johnson: I have got a city to run and that's exactly the point! The government of London will carry on irrespective of the temporary difficulties in providing a national government. Thank you.
Paxman: Bye bye, Boris!
2010s, 2010
“I forgot that to rely on a train, in Blair's Britain, is to engage in a crapshoot with the devil.”
"A horse is a safer bet than the trains", Daily Telegraph, 3 July 2003, p. 22.
2000s, 2003
“I can't remember what my line on drugs is. What's my line on drugs?”
"The Genelection Game", Sunday Mirror, 24 April 2005, p. 19.
During the campaign trail of the 2005 general election.
2000s, 2005
2000s, 2008, First Speech As London Mayor (May 3, 2008)
" Trust me, being sacked isn't all bad http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2004/12/02/do0202.xml", Daily Telegraph, 2 December 2004, p. 26.
On being sacked from the Tory front bench.
2000s, 2004
“Any seat would be mad not to take him. He's a terrific chap.”
"Keeping it in the family", Daily Telegraph, 23 January 2004, p. 29.
On his father, Stanley Johnson's plans to become an MP.
2000s, 2004
"To the lady who berated me, I say: on your bike", Daily Telegraph, 1 August 2002, p. 21.
2000s, 2002
"Let’s deal with the Devil: we should work with Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad in Syria" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/12036184/Lets-deal-with-the-Devil-we-should-work-with-Vladimir-Putin-and-Bashar-al-Assad-in-Syria.html, The Telegraph (05 Dec 2015)
2010s, 2015
“I’m very attracted to it. I may be diverting from Tory party policy here, but I don’t care.”
Andrew Pierce, The Times, 30 April 2005, p. 42.
When asked about the 24 hour drinking legislation.
2000s, 2005
“They are like glistening wet otters frolicking.”
Telegraph column, 31 July 2012
On woman's beach volleyball at the 2012 Olympic Games.
2010s, 2012
“Look the point is … er, what is the point? It is a tough job but somebody has got to do it.”
Toby Helm, "Boris Johnson named shadow arts minister", Daily Telegraph, 7 May 2004, p. 12.
On being appointed Shadow Arts Minister.
2000s, 2004
"Face it: it's all your own fat fault", Daily Telegraph, 27 May 2004, p. 24.
On the dangers of obesity.
2000s, 2004
In a column for The Sun newspaper http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/7095695/UK-and-America-can-better-friends-than-ever-Mr-Obama-if-we-LEAVE-the-EU-says-Boris-Johnson.html, 22 April 2016.
2010s, 2016
“I could not fail to disagree with you less.”
2004 winner of the Foot in Mouth Award from the Plain English Campaign, for his comment on the 12 December 2003 edition of Have I Got News For You http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/footinmouth.html
2000s, 2003
