Never in my life did I think I would be congratulated by Mick Jagger for achieving anything. Boris Johnson achievecongratulatejagger Change image and share on social
The beauty and riddle in studying the motives of any politician is in trying to decide what is idealism and what is self-interest, and often we are left to conclude that the answer is a mixture of the two. Boris Johnson answerbeautyconclude share on social
I'm made up of immigrant stock. I went to a primary school in London. I grew up eating Spangles, why shouldn't I be as well placed to speak for Londoners as anyone else? Boris Johnson eatgrowimmigrant Change image and share on social
There is absolutely no one, apart from yourself, who can prevent you, in the middle of the night, from sneaking down to tidy up the edges of that hunk of cheese at the back of the fridge. Boris Johnson absolutelybackcheese Change image and share on social
My speaking style was criticised by no less an authority than Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was a low moment, my friends, to have my rhetorical skills denounced by a monosyllabic Austrian cyborg. Boris Johnson arnoldaustrianauthority Change image and share on social
It just happens I write fast and always have done. Boris Johnson fastwrite Change image and share on social
I'm in politics to change things - if possible, for the better. I was a journalist for a long time, but I had a kind of midlife crisis, and I decided I needed to do something to get on the pitch and stop endlessly kicking over other peoples' sandcastles. Boris Johnson changecrisisdecide share on social
I just find it absolutely bizarre that we are being lectured by the Americans about giving up our sovereignty and giving up control when the Americans won't even sign up to the international convention on the law of the seas, let alone the International Criminal Court. Boris Johnson absolutelyamericanbizarre share on social
I'd like thousands of schools as good as the one I went to, Eton. Boris Johnson etongoodschool Change image and share on social
I'm not particularly politically correct, so I tend to reflect what I think are the terrible realities of life, which I think are, generally speaking, conservative. Boris Johnson conservativecorrectgenerally Change image and share on social