Boris Johnson Quotes

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, journalist, and popular historian. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from July 2019 until September 2022. Johnson was Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip from May 2015 until his resignation in June 2023. Earlier in his career, Johnson was the MP for Henley from 2001 until 2008, and Mayor of London, completing two terms in office between 2008 and 2016. A member of the Conservative Party, Johnson considers himself a "One-Nation Tory" and has been described as a libertarian due to his association with both economically liberal and socially liberal policies. He is partly of Turkish descent.

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Alternative Names: Boris • Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson • BoJo • Bo Jo

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Leaving the EU would be a win-win for all. The EU costs us a huge amount of money and subverts our democracy

[The Conservative Party] thinks the whole thing is pathetic and Covid is just Nature's way of dealing with old people – and I am not entirely sure I disagree with them. A lot of moderate people think it is a bit too much.

All the evidence shows that we can help reduce population growth, and world poverty, by promoting literacy and female emancipation and access to birth control. Isn't it time politicians stopped being so timid, and started talking about the real number one issue?

Old Man Howard, that Old Man Howard, he just keeps rolling, just keeps rolling.

[The UK is] big enough and strong enough to stand on its own

And as for Ken, Mayor Livingstone, I think you have been a very considerable public servant and a distinguished leader of this city.

There was a young fellow from Ankara
Who was a terrific wankerer
Till he sowed his wild oats
With the help of a goat
But he didn't even stop to thankera.

Ridiculous outcry over Toby Young. He will bring independence, rigour and caustic wit. Ideal man for job.

Theresa May's Chequers plan for future relations with the EU would mean] abandoning our seat around the table in Brussels and continuing to accept the single market legislation

It is vital now to see this [Brexit] moment for what it is. This is not a time to quail, it is not a crisis, nor should we see it as an excuse for wobbling or self-doubt, but it is a moment for hope and ambition for Britain. A time not to fight against the tide of history, but to take that tide at the flood, and sail on to fortune.

Would anyone in their right mind want to join the EU today?

The meat in the sausage has got to be Conservative

Nothing excites compassion, in friend and foe alike, as much as the sight of you ker-splonked on the Tarmac with your propeller buried six feet under.

I want to stress that for the vast majority of the people of this country, we should be going about our business as usual.

We want to, and we are going to, deliver on the mandate of the people, which is to take the UK out of the EU whole and entire on 31 October

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