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Lynne's Parliament and Haringey dia (Free subscription) | yesterday
No prizes for guessing what my first newspaper column after the London elections is about... This weekend eight years ago I was elected to the London Assembly – and Ken became London's first Mayor. It was so exciting – a blank page on which to write the capital's future. And now it's Boris! Unbelievable... What will Boris Johnson do to London? I have to ‘fess up immediately – I...
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British Blogs (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hack cartoons caricature of Mayor of London Boris Johnson.Well, he made it. Taking the liberty of speaking for my professional colleagues, I think I can say, we are all delighted - a walking caricature does make life easier to draw.UPDATE:There’s a fascinating little piece of first-hand knowledge about Boris and one of his contemporaries here, courtesy of Adrian Monck.Matt Buck’s...
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Daily Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday
They appeared to be the golden couple of Oxford University. Boris Johnson was the brains who, as the eccentric president of the prestigious Oxford Union, was already earmarked as a future political leader, while Allegra Mostyn-Owen was the ethereal beauty who had been a Tatler cover girl. Their romance blossomed amid the city's dreaming spires, and they tied the knot in a grand wedding...
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Andrew Allison (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
There are times when you feel even more proud than you usually do to be a Tory. Those on the left love to attack Boris Johnson. He's a toff; he's a bumbling idiot. He's make a mess of London. God help us if there is a terrorist attack on his watch. All of these things and more have been levelled against him. They have underestimated Boris and because he is a hugely intelligent...
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Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | yesterday
It's early days, but there have been some interesting write-ups already, including in today's Sunday Times which, amongst other things, points out that, At least two ideas mooted by Johnson during his campaign have been squashed by his rigorous new policymen. Dropping a couple of election promises so quickly is the sort of act which often gets [...]
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Anorak News (Free subscription) | yesterday
BORIS Johnson On Islam: To any non-Muslim reader of the Koran, Islamophobia - fear of Islam - seems a natural reaction, and, indeed, exactly what that text is intended to provoke. Judged purely on its scripture - to say nothing of what is preached in the mosques - it is the most viciously sectarian of all [...]
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Anorak News (Free subscription) | yesterday
“BORIS breaks the law,” announces the Mirror on its front page. Has Boris Johnson, London mayor of mere days been caught out so soon? Is he drinking a tincture of gin and tonic on the Tube, thus flouting his first initiative? Nothing of it. Boris was on a bicycle. And the Mirror says that on a trip about [...]
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here?s a couple of clips of the new Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, appearing on Paul Merton's comical chat show ?Room 101? several years ago. What a shame we don't have some politicians here at home more like this in terms of being amusing and honest almost to the point of recklessness. In addition to Danny Williams, I mean.Why is it I wonder that our lot are so dreadfully unfunny for...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Boris Johnson will this week announce the first cutbacks by his new administration to save taxpayers' money.
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
It's 7am and the eighth floor of London's City Hall, Lord Foster’s bulbous building which Boris Johnson has dubbed “the Onion”, is already buzzing with fresh coffee and new ideas.
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... promised land” and that he, Stanley, would be happy for the Conservative party to consider him for Boris's soon-to-be-vacant parliamentary seat at Henley.
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Enough is Enough (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
The new Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has announced that the consumption of alcohol on tubes or buses is to be prohibited. The Home Secretary plans to make this law nationwide. But is it really enforceable? What if I want to drink lemonade shandy (I don't, the stuff is foul, but you see my point)? Or grape juice? Or Ribena? Or alcohol-free lager? Will an eagle-eyed tube employee come...
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The Herald (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Boris Johnson, London's new Conservative mayor, yesterday handed his New York counterpart Michael Bloomberg a novelty shirt of the London Underground, as the pair met to discuss the challenges of running a world-class city.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
If Boris Johnson can say of himself that he is the same person as he ever was, it is partly because theologians have sharpened the concept of what being a person means, writes Christopher Howse.
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Do any of Boris Johnson's past racial comments worry you?
