“I'm backing David Cameron's campaign out of pure, cynical self-interest.”

— Boris Johnson

"Conference Diary", The Independent, 5 October 2005, p. 7.
On The 2005 Conservative Leadership Contest.
2000s, 2005

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“I'm backing David Cameron's campaign out of pure, cynical self-interest.”

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