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  1. Greek President Karolos Papoulias, right, Princess Anne of Britain, second right, Former England football captain David Beckham, fifth right, and London Mayor Boris Johnson, sixth right, attend an Olympic Flame handover ceremony at the Panathenean stadium in Athens, on Thursday, May...
  2. London Mayor Boris Johnson lookson during the Olympic Flame handover ceremony at the Athens' all marble Panathenaic stadium on May 17, 2012. The Olympic torch handover ceremony was held Thursday in damp weather at the Panathenaic Stadium with Greece giving the flame to British officials...
  3. London Mayor Boris Johnson (L) and British football player David Beckam (C) attend the Olympic Flame handover ceremony at the Athens' all marble Panathenaic stadium on May 17, 2012. The Olympic torch handover ceremony was held Thursday in damp weather at the Panathenaic Stadium with...
  4. London Mayor Boris Johnson (L) and British football star David Beckham attend the Olympic Flame handover ceremony at the Athens' all marble Panathenian stadium on May 17, 2012. The Olympic torch handover ceremony was held at the Panathenaic Stadium with Greece giving the flame to...
  5. Former England football captain David Beckham, right, and London Mayor Boris Johnson attend a handover for the Olympic flame at Panathenaean stadium in Athens, Thursday, May 17, 2012. The torch begins its 70-day journey to arrive at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, from...
  6. Former England football captain David Beckham center and London Mayor Boris Johnson, right, enter the Panathenaean stadium in Athens, on Thursday, May 17, 2012, at a handover for the Olympic flame that will burn at the 2012 Summer Games in London. The torch begins its 70-day journey to...
  7. ATHENS, GREECE - MAY 16: Mayor of London Boris Johnson walks by the temple of Parthenon after an Olympic flame ceremony atop the Athens Acropolis on May 16, 2012 in Athens, Greece. The Olympic flame with be handed over to London during a handing over ceremony that will be held in Athens...
  8. Mayor of London Boris Johnson walks by the temple of Parthenon after an Olympic Flame ceremony atop the Athens Acropolis May 16, 2012 during a ceremony. The Olympic flame will be handed over to the London 2012 delegation on Thursday.
  9. LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 11: The Mayor of London Boris Johnson talks to the media with a view overlooking London during the unveiling of the Completed ArcelorMittal Orbit in The Olympic Park on May 11, 2012 in London, England.

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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is an English politician and journalist. The current Mayor of London, he previously served as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Henley and as editor of The Spectator magazine. Full Article At Wikipedia.org

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  1. Ah! Um. I didn't because I was, I was... Um, Cheryl Tiegs! Do you remember Cheryl Tiegs? And the tennis girl. The Athena tennis girl. And I'll tell you this much for free. On the whole I was in favour of the blonde one rather than the dark one in Abba, but it was a close-run thing.
    – Boris Johnson SOURCE: The Telegraph 2 weeks ago
  2. Boris Johnson is a very popular figure in the Conservative Party. If he was no longer city mayor, he could stand for Parliament in a by-election and then I think he would be, as soon as he was back in Parliament, he would be a very real threat to the premier
    SOURCE: Channel News Asia 2 weeks ago
  3. This election comes when we have been going through the toughest times that anyone can remember
    – Boris Johnson SOURCE: The Independent 2 weeks ago
  4. Their (the Conservatives) national poll rating is substantially way down now and yet Boris Johnson has remained just ahead in the London mayoral race
    SOURCE: Channel News Asia 2 weeks ago
  5. Huge numbers of people in London depend on their cars. Fuel duty is becoming a big factor in people’s cost of living. I believe in trying to ease these burdens.
    – Boris Johnson SOURCE: The Sun 2 weeks ago
  6. Shows Boris Johnson defeating Ken Livingstone in the run-off vote for Mayor by 53-47% - the same margin by which he won four years ago.
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 2 weeks ago
  7. Times are tough, and the motorist is being gouged. The economy has got to come first.
    – Boris Johnson SOURCE: The Sun 2 weeks ago
  8. The Conservatives’ best hope for a victory is Boris Johnson in London, so if he wins they’ll be focusing on that and trying to use it to draw a line under recent difficulties before moving on to the Queen’s Speech
    SOURCE: Bloomberg.com 2 weeks ago
  9. I was trying to cheer everybody up by saying I didn't conform to that particular stereotype.
    – Boris Johnson SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 2 weeks ago
  10. Boris Johnson’s own diary shows he has met bankers more than the police. According to the Mayor’s official diary, between May 2008 and March 2011, Boris Johnson held 86 meetings with bankers and the financial services industry but only 48 meetings with the Metropolitan Police.
    SOURCE: Financial News 2 weeks ago
  11. London and the UK's reputation as a welcoming city in which to do business or travel are at stake
    – Boris Johnson SOURCE: Stuff.co.nz 3 weeks ago
  12. Boris Johnson’s own diary shows he has met bankers more than the police. According to the Mayor’s official diary, between May 2008 and March 2011, Boris Johnson held 86 meetings with bankers and the financial services industry but only 48 meetings with the Metropolitan Police.
    SOURCE: Financial News 2 weeks ago
  13. We are determined to see this thing go on until … journalists, whatever newspaper group they belong to, if they've broken the law, and indeed if any public servants have broken the law, then they need to feel the full consequences of the law
    – Boris Johnson SOURCE: Global Post 3 weeks ago
  14. I think they’re all the same ... Ken Livingstone is too old; he’s been there, done it. Boris Johnson’s a bit of a joke – trying to be crafty, get the leadership of the Conservative party – hasn’t really got Londoners’ interests at heart.
    SOURCE: Euronews 2 weeks ago
  15. I don't know of any discussions going on about that but what I can tell you is that I think it's right to work with the private sector to get contributions that will be for the benefit of London
    – Boris Johnson SOURCE: Global Post 3 weeks ago
  16. The David Cameron-Boris Johnson love-in on the eve of the election clarifies the very serious stakes for Londoners. It is two Tory peas in a pod. The Tory PM wants you to vote for the Tory Mayor so that they can keep going with Tory policies that mean recession, fare rises and police cuts.
    SOURCE: The Independent 2 weeks ago
  17. A pound spent in Croydon is of far more value to the country than a pound spent in Strathclyde
    – Boris Johnson SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 3 weeks ago
  18. If Boris Johnson was to win the London mayoral election, even though the Conservatives are so far behind in national opinion polls, he would be seen as a potential party leader
    SOURCE: Hampton Roads Daily Press 2 weeks ago
  19. It is quite clear that because of problems at the UK Border, London and the UK’s reputation as a welcoming city in which to do business or travel are at stake
    – Boris Johnson SOURCE: MSNBC 3 weeks ago
  20. The figures show Sheffield people do not connect with their civic leaders. Boris Johnson is on television and in the national papers whereas, with Julie and Paul, particularly, this shows local politicians are not identified with by their community. That’s the key difference between the status quo and h...
    SOURCE: Sheffield Telegraph 2 weeks ago
  21. It is not of course the first time that these concerns have been raised with government but the need to resolve the situation becomes even more critical in these tough economic times
    – Boris Johnson SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 3 weeks ago
  22. Boris Johnson's strategy for these mayoral elections is based on pretending he is not a Tory. He tries not to be seen in public with David Cameron and most of his election literature makes no reference to him being the Conservative candidate. But Boris Johnson has proven to be a typical Tory as mayor, r...
    SOURCE: The Independent 2 weeks ago
  23. This summer, with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the London Games, gives us a once in generation's opportunity to promote what is very best about London and the U.K.
    – Boris Johnson SOURCE: Palm Beach Post 3 weeks ago
  24. The only guarantee you get with Tory Boris Johnson would be another four years of above-inflation fare increases. Why else would the Tory Mayor refuse to reveal any details of his fares policy if he wasn't planning a huge fare hike?
    SOURCE: The Independent 2 weeks ago
  25. We have to get this sorted. London's the business capital of the world and we can’t allow this position to be undermined, putting economic growth and jobs at risk
    – Boris Johnson SOURCE: Zee News 3 weeks ago

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