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Boris Johnson
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022. He was previously Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Henley from 2001 to 2008 and for Uxbridge and South Ruislip from 2015 to 2023.
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culture · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022 · journalist · politician · editor · writer · essayist · blogger · historian · film actor · head of government · mayor · also Boris Johnson, Boris, Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, BoJo, Bo Jo, Johnson
Born 19 June 1964 · Q180589
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2026· 34 entries
Politics.co.uk: Boris Johnson becomes prime minister after winning Tory leadership
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The Daily Citizen: Harding to host former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
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Yahoo: Boris Johnson delivers 'Saving the West' lecture at FSU
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kait8.com: Harding University lecture series to feature former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
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Yahoo: Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set to speak at Harding University
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Arkansas Radio: Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Speak at Harding University October 12
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katv.com: Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to visit Harding University as guest speaker
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thv11.com: Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to speak in Arkansas at Harding University
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Miami Herald: Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson set to speak at FSU
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moncloa.com: Sabotajes y drones: la guerra híbrida rusa que casi mata a Boris Johnson y a Petraeus
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ThePrint: Ex UK PM Boris Johnson bats for Imran Khan. ‘Looks like Pakistanis are hoping he will die in jail’
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Meduza: Russia places Zhanna Nemtsova, daughter of murdered politician Boris Nemtsov, on its international wanted list
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The Guardian: Trains carrying Boris Johnson and ex-CIA chief may have been targeted in Russian strike, officials say
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The Guardian: A constipated baby and a kid that looks like Boris Johnson: why would anyone bother stealing a Renoir?
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PTI rated the claim “During The Economic Times World Leaders Forum 2026, former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson allegedly criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling him a leader who “looks for shortcuts” and “bends over things easily”, while praising former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru as someone who “had gu…” False.
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The Quint rated the claim “Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson criticised PM Modi's foreign policy while praising former PM Nehru.” False.
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India Today rated the claim “Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that while Jawaharlal Nehru had guts, Narendra Modi looks for shortcuts.” False.
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“because this office has no constitutional opposition, so it”
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“When I was about 16 I worked ferociously hard for two terms and laid the foundations for all future activity - I thereafter never really did any academic work. But it”
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“s too early to crack open. He is drinking again, though? (He gave up alcohol for the whole mayoral campaign.)”
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“won through a fit and proper process”
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“humour is a utensil that you can use to sugar the pill and to get important points across”
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“too slow to grasp what was actually happening”
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“There is evidence that those who were advising Mr Johnson about what to say to the press and in the House were themselves struggling to contend that some gatherings were within the rules”
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“no government business was discussed”
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“Imagine Trump doing Brexit. He”
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“betraying a quite stupefying ignorance that makes him frankly unfit to hold the office of President of the United States”
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“s palace, having invented a quote which he falsely attributed to the historian Colin Lucas, his godfather. After the paper”
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The Guardian: Boris Johnson: Into Ukraine’s Kill Zone review – the self-serving narcissist ruins this documentary
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Public attention spiked: 16,775 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.5× the usual 3,698, with 6 article edits. Editors noted: External links
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The Guardian: Johnson government wasted £10bn on PPE, Covid inquiry finds
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The Guardian: ‘Cynical to get power’: Michel Barnier on Boris Johnson, Brexit and the EU’s future
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The Guardian: David Cameron offered Boris Johnson senior cabinet role if he agreed not to push for Brexit
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2025· 3 entries
Reported claimRated The Guardian never published any report alleging that former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson encouraged Kyiv to prolong the war with Russia in exchange for a «bribe.» The claim was entirely fabricated by Russian propaganda outlets, which falsely cited the newspaper to lend their disinformation an air of legitimacy. · StopFake
StopFake rated the claim “Boris Johnson Was Paid to Pressure Kyiv Against Peace — The Guardian” The Guardian never published any report alleging that former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson encouraged Kyiv to prolong the war with Russia in exchange for a «bribe.» The claim was entirely fabricated by Russian propaganda outlets, which falsely cited the newspaper to lend their disinformation an air of legitimacy..
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Reported claimRated This isn’t true. The photograph is actually of Mr Johnson and his first wife, Allegra Mostyn-Owen, while they were at university together in 1986. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “A picture shows Boris Johnson with Ghislaine Maxwell, the daughter of Robert Maxwell.” This isn’t true. The photograph is actually of Mr Johnson and his first wife, Allegra Mostyn-Owen, while they were at university together in 1986..
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Following Keir Starmer's decision to recognise a Palestinian state, Johnson said the move was "ridiculous" and aimed for political benefit among voters as well as motivated by inner party politics
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2023· 14 entries
“May I thank my right hon. Friend for the rapid progress he is making on the hospital building programme? Can he confirm that he will shortly be announcing a full and final programme of funding so that we can deliver a superb new state-of-the-art hospital in Hillingdon, where, I am proud to say, enabling works are already under way?”
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“Given that the UK is one of the most regionally imbalanced of all of the major economies, and given the massive potential that is waiting to be unleashed, is it not time to accelerate the now stalled Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill and push forward urgently with Northern Powerhouse Rail, planning reform, devolution, secure affordable energy supply, gigabit broadband and all the other levelling-up measures that will make this the strongest and most prosperous economy in Europe?”
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“<Question HRSContentId="{9F44DAF7-4AB7-445E-A4A1-FC562676495B}">16. <QuestionText HRSContentId="{076345A3-13AF-498C-98C9-5F330B5D0993}">What steps he is taking to level up all parts of the UK. </QuestionText></Question>”
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“This summer’s Vilnius summit will be an important test of NATO’s willingness to fulfil its long-standing promises <span id="18" class="column-number" data-column-number="18"></span>to Ukraine. Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is now ludicrous to say that Ukraine’s NATO membership might be in some way provocative to Russia, since Putin has shown what he is willing to do when Ukraine is not a member of NATO and because Ukraine is not a member of NATO? Does he agree that it should therefore”
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“I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his continuing commitment to Great British Nuclear, but is it not vital that we reaffirm the target of 24 gigawatts by 2050 and that we accelerate the tech selection process, so that small modular reactors, whether made by Rolls-Royce or anybody else—it would be wonderful if they came from this country—are on contract with Great British Nuclear by the end of the year, so we can get back to the nuclear tradition that this country once had and undo the balefu”
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“<Question HRSContentId="{B6EFA65D-AAB4-4239-956A-9D360BA9C4BA}">T1. <QuestionText HRSContentId="{CF831713-5541-4D83-8D28-6B2CA56AEBD8}">I congratulate my right hon. Friend—<em>[</em><em>Interruption.</em><em>]</em> Oh sorry, question 1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.</QuestionText></Question>”
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“I pay tribute to the Foreign Secretary and the shadow Foreign Secretary for the quality of their speeches this afternoon. In the year since Vladimir Putin launched his vicious and unnecessary war in Ukraine he has failed in almost all of his objectives. He has failed to take Kyiv. He has been sent scuttling from the Kharkiv region. He has been forced to evacuate Kherson. He has cost the lives of at least 60,000 Russian troops, and seen probably more than 100,000 injured. In the areas that he”
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“I am just winding up. Above all, we must give the Ukrainians what they need to win this war this year. By ensuring that Ukraine wins and Putin fails, we are making the best and most financially efficient investment in the long-term security of not just the Euro-Atlantic area, but the whole world. We all know that we in this country made a promise to Ukraine under the 1994 Budapest memorandum, when the Ukrainians gave up their vast nuclear arsenal. We said we would come to their aid in the eve”
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“Is it not obvious from today’s exchanges that many of those who oppose the UK-Rwanda migration and economic development partnership have no idea about Rwanda, have probably never been there, and are wholly wrong to condescend to and disparage Rwanda? Above all, they have not the ghost of an idea how to solve the problem of cross-channel gangs putting people at risk at sea. The difference between the Government side and the Opposition is that we have a plan and they do not.”
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“Does my right hon. Friend agree that, in addition to the excellent solution proposed by my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Peter Gibson), now is the time for the Government to exploit this country’s technological lead, and build a fleet of small modular nuclear reactors as part of our Great British Nuclear programme? While I am at it, is it not time that the Labour party apologised for 13 years of bone-headed hostility to any new nuclear power in this country?”
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“Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that the best way to stop building housing in unsuitable areas is to build more on brownfield sites across the country? Is it not therefore all the more tragic that under the current Labour Mayor of London, house building has gone off a cliff because he remains obsessed with unrealistic targets for social housing in every development, stopping good projects from going ahead and depriving the people of this city and this country of houses for sale and f”
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Johnson partakes in cycling, tennis and pilates, and returned to road running in 2023.
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It was revealed that Lord Simon McDonald, the most senior civil servant of his department, was unaware of the trip
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Johnson and Symonds bought Brightwell Manor in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Oxfordshire
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2022· 12 entries
“The House will know that supplies of British, American and other western equipment have been vital in helping our Ukrainian friends to protect themselves against the continuing and merciless Russian attacks, and I thank my right hon. Friend and the Government for all that they have done and continue to do. Does he agree that we and our allies must help our Ukrainian friends not just to take out the drones and missiles, which means supplying them with anti-aircraft systems and fixed-wing aircraft”
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“Does my hon. Friend agree that it is high time the outstanding care and skill of Hillingdon Hospital staff was matched by commensurate outstanding facilities, and that it is therefore great news that Hillingdon is one of the 40 new hospitals that the Government are building by 2030? Can he confirm that the full funding package will be announced soon, so the whole project can proceed as soon as possible?”
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“Given that on the streets of London alone, entry pay rates have already attracted 4,734 more police officers to join the Metropolitan police, and given how vital it is to continue to provide the right place for those new recruits to be properly trained, does the Home Secretary agree that Uxbridge remains the most sensible place in Hillingdon to have a place station? Will she join me in passing that view to the present Mayor of London?”
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Reported claimRated While Mr Johnson did say that buying a new kettle could bring about savings of £10 a year on electricity bills, he appears to have been attempting to make an analogy for the long-term cost benefits of nuclear energy, rather than offering advice on how to save money on energy bills. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “Boris Johnson suggested buying a new kettle to save £10 a year on energy bills.” While Mr Johnson did say that buying a new kettle could bring about savings of £10 a year on electricity bills, he appears to have been attempting to make an analogy for the long-term cost benefits of nuclear energy, rather than offering advice on how to save money on energy bills..
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Photo shows UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson inspecting his broken shoe” False.
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Awarded Order of Liberty (2022).
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Awarded Walk of the Brave plaque (2022).
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “UK Prime Minster Boris Johnson being interrogated by police” False.
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Reported claimRated This is not true. Interview footage shows the Prime Minister saying this in October 2021. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “Boris Johnson has never said fears about inflation were “unfounded”.” This is not true. Interview footage shows the Prime Minister saying this in October 2021..
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“Se Putin fosse una donna, cosa che ovviamente non è, ma se lo fosse, penso davvero che non si sarebbe avventurato in una guerra folle e machista di invasione e violenza come ha fatto lui. [...] Se volete un esempio perfetto di mascolinità tossica, è quello che sta facendo in Ucraina. (da un'intervista all'emittente tedesca ZDF, 29 giugno 2022)”
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“[Riferendosi al conflitto russo-ucraino del 2022] Stiamo conducendo una guerra per procura, ma non stiamo dando ai nostri procuratori [l'Ucraina] la capacità di fare il lavoro. Per anni abbiamo permesso loro di combattere con una mano legata dietro la schiena e questo è stato crudele.”
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His government introduced an asylum deal whereby people entering the UK illegally would be sent to Rwanda
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2021· 14 entries
PolitiFact rated the claim “Says Boris Johnson faked getting his booster shot.” False.
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Reported claimRated This is a work in progress. Construction has begun at six sites. To reach the nurses target, the party has 35,842 full-time equivalent posts to fill over the next three-and-a-half years. · BBC
Claimed: “"48 new hospitals, 50,000 more nurses"” — rated This is a work in progress. Construction has begun at six sites. To reach the nurses target, the party has 35,842 full-time equivalent posts to fill over the next three-and-a-half years. by BBC.
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Claimed: “"We have done 68 free trade deals, and that great free trade deal with our friends in the EU"” — rated He's right but nearly all of these are "rollover deals". by BBC.
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Reported claimRated True, but those new officers should be seen in the context of the reduction in officer numbers since the Conservatives came to power in 2010. · BBC
Claimed: “"Two years ago, I said I wanted another 20,000 officers on the streets of our country and we've now got to almost half of the way there"” — rated True, but those new officers should be seen in the context of the reduction in officer numbers since the Conservatives came to power in 2010. by BBC.
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Reported claimRated For context, this figure depends in part on whether police and crime commissioners take advantage of being able to add £15 a year to council tax for a typical Band D property. · BBC
Claimed: “"We're putting £15.8bn into supporting our police"” — rated For context, this figure depends in part on whether police and crime commissioners take advantage of being able to add £15 a year to council tax for a typical Band D property. by BBC.
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Reported claimRated Looking at those top rates, the biggest cash increase was the Conservatives' 50p rise to £7.20 an hour in 2016. But the biggest increase in percentage terms was Labour's rise from £3.70 to £4.10 in 2001. · BBC
Claimed: “"Who raised it [the national living wage] by record sums? It was this one-nation Conservative government"” — rated Looking at those top rates, the biggest cash increase was the Conservatives' 50p rise to £7.20 an hour in 2016. But the biggest increase in percentage terms was Labour's rise from £3.70 to £4.10 in 2001. by BBC.
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Reported claimRated Correct - the UK has given more to Yemen than any other European country over the past few years. · BBC
Claimed: “"This country is the biggest European donor to Yemen and has given £1bn over the last six years, £87m this year"” — rated Correct - the UK has given more to Yemen than any other European country over the past few years. by BBC.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Boris Johnson’s great-grandfather was a prominent Turkish Muslim figure.” True.
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In 2021 Johnson was asked if he held pre-Christian beliefs, which he denied, saying, "Christianity is a superb ethical system and I would count myself as a kind of very, very bad Christian...
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The Johnson government announced plans to cut carbon emissions by 78% by 2035
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“let the bodies pile high in their thousands”
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Johnson was asked if he held pre-Christian beliefs, which he denied, saying, "Christianity is a superb ethical system and I would count myself as a kind of very, very bad Christian
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Net migration to the UK was 488,000, up from 184,000 in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic
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Johnson's government launched a scheme for Hongkongers following introduction of the 2020 Hong Kong national security law, with more than 180,000 Hong Kong British National (Overseas) (BN(O)) status holders arriving in t
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2020· 10 entries
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Boris Johnson and Mike Pompeo express support for Nigerian separatists” False.
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Reported claimRated This is true if you're comparing with figures from 2009-10, before the coalition government came to power. · BBC
Claimed: “There are 100,000 fewer children in absolute poverty.” — rated This is true if you're comparing with figures from 2009-10, before the coalition government came to power. by BBC.
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Awarded Ig Nobel Prize (2020).
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Full Fact rated the claim “The nurses that Boris Johnson claimed saved his life are not registered in the UK.” This is incorrect. We found both nurses on the register..
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Reported claimRated Incorrect. This was claimed by a Twitter account masquerading as the BBC. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “Boris Johnson has died.” Incorrect. This was claimed by a Twitter account masquerading as the BBC..
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“Non avrei dovuto chiudere tutto. È un disastro, non avremmo mai dovuto farlo, avevo ragione a febbraio: avremmo dovuto ignorare la cosa, far sì che il Covid circolasse in tutto il Paese e non distruggere l'economia così. Il Telegraph e mezzo partito conservatore ora mi distruggeranno. (marzo 2020)”
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Leading to calls for Johnson to explain how much he knew about Pincher's behaviour
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“Non possiamo fermare l'economia solo perché muoiono persone con più di 80 anni. In media le vittime hanno 82 anni, è oltre l'aspettativa di vita. Dunque, prendere il Covid [e guarire] allunga la vita. Queste esagerazioni della sanità pubblica (Nhs) non mi convincono più. (15 ottobre 2020)”
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“[Su Partygate] Quando ero uscito nel giardino appena dopo le 18 del 20 maggio del 2020 per ringraziare lo staff, per poi rientrare nell'ufficio per continuare a lavorare 25 minuti dopo, credevo in maniera implicita che si trattasse di un evento di lavoro. (12 gennaio 2022)”
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Against the advice of the MI6, and met with criticism over security concerns
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2019· 17 entries
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Boris Johnson said he is "in favour of having people of colour come to this country"” False.
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Election won: 2019 Conservative Party leadership election.
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“Aanhaling(en): Dom, ijdel, corrupt: hilarisch!, De Groene Amsterdammer, 24 juli 2019”
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That Johnson had squeezed her thigh at a private lunch at the Spectator in 1999 and that another woman had told her he had done the same to her
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Campaign: 2019 general election.
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Johnson promised to reduce net migration to the United Kingdom (the number of people immigrating minus the number emigrating) below 250,000 per year by the next election
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Reacting to reports in The Sun, that Johnson had told cabinet colleagues he was "basically a Brexity Hezza", former deputy leader of the Conservative Party Michael Heseltine wrote: "I fear that any traces of liberal cons
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And 2020 Johnson expressed support for the UK to have "net-zero" greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and spoke about increasing ambition for mitigating climate change through carbon capture and storage and a renewable energ
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Johnson said he would take Britain out of the EU on 31 October whether there was a trade deal in place or not
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His younger siblings are Rachel Johnson, a writer and journalist, Leo Johnson, a broadcaster, and Jo Johnson, ex-minister of state and former Conservative MP for Orpington, who resigned from his brother's government in September 2019 and is now a member of the House of Lords.
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Campaign: 2019 Conservative Party leadership election.
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2019–2022).
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Career landmark: Leader of the Conservative Party (2019–2022).
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Career landmark: member of the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2019–2023).
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Career landmark: First Lord of the Treasury (2019–2022).
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Career landmark: Minister for the Civil Service (2019–2022).
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Career landmark: Minister for the Union (2019–2022).
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2018· 9 entries
Awarded Irving Kristol Award (2018).
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Johnson backed the Iran nuclear deal framework, despite Trump's withdrawal
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“We have opened ourselves to perpetual political blackmail. We have wrapped a suicide vest around the British constitution – and handed the detonator to Michel Barnier.”
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In protest at both the Chequers Agreement and May's approach to Brexit
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And overweight in 2020, and has spoken of making efforts to lose weight
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Career landmark: apology to the House of Commons.
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“s sentence. In 2018, Johnson backed the Iran nuclear deal framework, despite Trump”
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A project that remains in limbo seven years later
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During Brexit negotiations, Johnson called for Britain to leave the Single Market and advocated a more liberal approach to immigration than that of Prime Minister May
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2017· 3 entries
Johnson said that Gibraltar's sovereignty was "not going to change" after Brexit
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Career landmark: member of the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2017–2019).
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Johnson told the Foreign Affairs Select Committee that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe – a British-Iranian citizen imprisoned in Iran after being arrested for training journalists in a BBC World Service Trust project – had bee
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2016· 5 entries
Career landmark: Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (2016–2018).
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Said he was "genuinely worried that [Trump] could become president", telling ITV's Tom Bradby that being mistaken for Trump in New York was "one of the worst moments" of his life
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“not alone in thinking that there is a witch-hunt under way, to take revenge for Brexit and ultimately to reverse the 2016 referendum result”
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Career landmark: Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom (2016).
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“Bron: Andrew Gimson: Michael Gove’s excuses for knifing Boris Johnson insult our intelligence, Evening Standard, 8 juli 2016”
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2015· 3 entries
Career landmark: member of the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2015–2017).
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Agreed to pay capital gains tax to the US tax authorities on a property that he inherited in the UK
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Johnson criticised then-presidential candidate Donald Trump's false comments that there were no-go zones in London inaccessible for non-Muslims
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2012· 2 entries
The political scientist Tony Travers described Johnson as "a fairly classic—that is, small-state—mildly eurosceptic Conservative" who also embraced "modern social liberalism"
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Johnson again hired Crosby to orchestrate his campaign
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2011· 1 entry
That Johnson was a "highly evasive figure" when it came to his personal life, who remained detached from others and who had few intimate friends
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2008· 3 entries
Career landmark: Mayor of London (2008–2016).
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And resigned from the House of Commons to focus his attention on the mayoralty
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“Intervista di Guido Santevecchi, corriere.it, 6 giugno 2008”
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2007· 3 entries
In 2007, Johnson said he had smoked cannabis before he went to university.
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Earned £540,000, making him the third-highest-earning MP that year
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Johnson said he had smoked cannabis before he went to university
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2006· 1 entry
To become the Rector of the University of Edinburgh, but his support for top-up fees damaged his campaign, and he came third
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2005· 4 entries
Career landmark: member of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2005–2008).
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London hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics, with Johnson as board co-chair
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The Spectator's new chief executive, Andrew Neil, dismissed Johnson as editor
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“la Repubblica, 8 febbraio 2005”
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2004· 16 entries
“The real hero of Jaws is the mayor. A gigantic fish is eating all your constituents and he decides to keep the beaches open. OK, in that instance he was actually wrong. But in principle, we need more politicians like the mayor - we are often the only obstacle against all the nonsense which is really a massive conspiracy against the taxpayer.”
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Johnson published an editorial in The Spectator after the murder of Ken Bigley suggesting that Liverpudlians were wallowing in their victim status and "hooked on grief" over the Hillsborough disaster, which Johnson partl
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HarperCollins published his first novel: Seventy-Two Virgins: A Comedy of Errors revolved around the life of a Conservative MP and contained autobiographical elements
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“Opis: strofując swojego szefa dyplomacji.”
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“My policy on cake is still pro having it and pro eating it!”
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“I want to stress that for the vast majority of the people of this country, we should be going about our business as usual.”
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“Algunos lectores sin duda dirán que un demonio está dentro de mí; y aunque mi fe es un poco como Magic FM en Chilterns, en que la señal viene y se va, solo puedo esperar que no sea así.”
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“Citazioni in ordine temporale.”
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“Quisiera agradecer primero a las vastas multitudes que votaron en mi contra, y me he reunido con algunas en los últimos nueve meses. No todos ellos educados.”
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“Per dieci anni noi nel partito Conservatore ci siamo abituati allo stile della Papua Nuova Guinea con orge di cannibalismo e uccisioni dei capi.”
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“Sí, el cannabis es peligroso, pero no más que otras drogas perfectamente legales. Es hora de un replanteamiento, y la fiesta Tory, la fiesta más funky y más divertida de la Tierra, es donde está sucediendo.”
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“[Su Hillary Clinton] Ha i capelli biondi tinti e la bocca imbronciata, lo sguardo azzurro d'acciaio di una infermiera sadica in un ospedale psichiatrico.”
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“El pueblo británico no tendrá miedo de respaldar un lamentable trato con el brexit por el que nadie votó.”
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“[Su Margaret Thatcher] Il più grande premier da Winston Churchill.”
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“[Su Vladimir Putin] Un tiranno manipolatore che sembra un po' Dobby l'elfo domestico.”
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“„Boris is in staat in elke zin te verdwalen, als een kind in een kersttoneelstuk. Je hoopt dat hij toch slaagt, en als hij dat doet, deel je mee in zijn triomf.”
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2003· 7 entries
“Ephraim Hardcastle, Daily Mail, 22 July 2003, p. 13.”
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“A horse is a safer bet than the trains", The Daily Telegraph, 3 July 2003, p. 22.”
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“Intervista di Paolo Filo Della Torre, la Repubblica, 28 settembre 2003”
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“Intervista di Enrico Franceschini, la Repubblica, 6 settembre 2003”
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“I am not by any means an ultra-Eurosceptic. In some ways, I am a bit of a fan of the European Union. If we did not have one, we would invent something like it.”
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Johnson said, "I am not by any means an ultra-Eurosceptic
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Johnson alongside Nicholas Burgess Farrell had a three-hour interview with then Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in his private palace in Sardinia
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2002· 5 entries
“Catherine Macleod, "Angry Blair takes on press", The Herald (Glasgow), 24 April 2002, p. 1.”
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“To the lady who berated me, I say: on your bike", The Daily Telegraph (1 August 2002), p. 21.”
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“If Blair's so good at running the Congo, let him stay there" The Daily Telegraph (10 January 2002)”
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“Discussing his views on Africans and "Instant Carbohydrate Gratification" The Spectator (2 February 2002)”
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“What has the BBC come to? Toilets, that's what", The Daily Telegraph (14 March 2002), p. 29.”
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2001· 4 entries
“No one obeys the speed limit except a motorised rickshaw", The Daily Telegraph, 12 July 2001, p. 27.”
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Johnson had spoken out against plans to repeal Section 28, saying it was "Labour's appalling agenda, encouraging the teaching of homosexuality in schools"
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Before being dismissed over a claim that he had lied about an extramarital affair
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Career landmark: member of the 53rd Parliament of the United Kingdom (2001–2005).
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2000· 3 entries
“A wise guy playing the fool to win", The Sunday Times (16 July 2000), p. 17.”
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“The Dome is wonderful: it explains Blair's vacuity" The Daily Telegraph (27 January 2000), p. 28”
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“The Spectator (15 April 2000)”
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1999· 2 entries
Was also given a column reviewing new cars in the American men's monthly magazine GQ
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“s request. Hastings reprimanded Johnson but did not dismiss him. Johnson was given a regular column in The Spectator, sister publication to The Daily Telegraph, which attracted mixed reviews and was often thought rushed. In 1999, he was also given a column reviewing new cars in the American men”
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1998· 1 entry
“He Lived by the spin, he died by the spin" The Daily Telegraph (24 December 1998), p. 16”
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1995· 1 entry
“The male sex is to blame for the appalling proliferation of single mothers" The Spectator (19 August 1995).”
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1993· 1 entry
Johnson outlined his desire to run as a Conservative in the 1994 European Parliament elections
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1989· 1 entry
Began writing for The Daily Telegraph, and from 1999 to 2005 he was the editor of The Spectator
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1988· 2 entries
“From an essay entitled "Politics" on his campaign for the Oxford Union presidency, published in 1988 in The Oxford Myth (Weidenfeld & Nicholson), a book edited by Rachel Johnson, his sister, as quoted in Andrew Gimson Boris: The Adventures of Boris Johnson London: Simon & Schuster (2012 edition), p. 91”
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“An attempt by the government of Tony Blair to repeal a clause in the Local Government Act 1988 barring the promotion of homosexuality by local authorities was not supported by the Conservatives and was defeated in the House of Lords in February.”
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1986· 2 entries
Johnson ran successfully for president, but his term was not distinguished or memorable, and questions were raised regarding his competence and seriousness
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Studied at Balliol College, Bachelor of Arts (1986).
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1984· 1 entry
Johnson was elected secretary of the Oxford Union, and campaigned unsuccessfully for the position of Union President
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1980· 1 entry
And Charlotte moved to Notting Hill, London, where her children joined her for much of their time
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1975· 1 entry
To attend Ashdown House, a preparatory boarding school in East Sussex
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1970· 1 entry
Charlotte and the children briefly returned to Nethercote, where Johnson attended Winsford Village School, before returning to London to settle in Primrose Hill, where they were educated at Primrose Hill Primary School
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1969· 1 entry
And lived at West Nethercote Farm in Winsford, Somerset, Stanley's family home in Exmoor
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1964· 5 entries
Born 1964-06-19.
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“, The Times (8 October 2024) Defending the refurbishment of the flat, controversial at time because of the cost and (originally) opaque funding, which was formerly occupied by Johnson”
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“s code of conduct. In 2015, Johnson criticised then-presidential candidate Donald Trump”
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“BBC News (30 January 2023) Account of a phone call in February 2022 shortly before the Russian invasion of Ukraine in a BBC documentary series (Putin vs the West) on President Putin”
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“The Telegraph (7 January 2014) ==== 2015 ==== Putin”
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1940· 1 entry
And saying: "You have sat there too long for all the good you have done
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