It’s time to let Ukraine join Nato
Kyiv The young amputee had a question. We were sitting once again in the rehab centre in Kyiv, and I…
Why aren’t we giving Ukraine what it needs?
Why won’t Britain give Ukraine what it needs?
Why I quit parliament
I have received a letter from the Privileges Committee making it clear – much to my amazement – that they…
Why I am not standing for the leadership
In the last few days I have been overwhelmed by the number of people who suggested that I should once…
Our country's saddest day
This is our country’s saddest day. In the hearts of every one of us there is an ache at the…
Bush is leading us to tragedy (2002)
It’s 20 years since the clamour for the invasion of Iraq was at its loudest. Boris Johnson, The Spectator’s then…
Advice to my successor
Boris Johnson completed his final PMQs this afternoon, offering some ‘final words of advice’ to his successor. Spectator readers may recall his…
Full text: Boris Johnson’s resignation speech
Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you. It is clearly now the will of the parliamentary Conservative party that there should be…
'Let us refuse to dance to the tune of the media': Boris Johnson's full speech to Tory MPs
Graham (Brady), many thanks for convening this meeting. And I have to tell you I am glad that this vote…
Read: The Prime Minister's address to the nation as Russia invades Ukraine
Shortly after 4 o’clock this morning I spoke to President Zelensky of Ukraine to offer the continued support of the…
Boris on liberty: the PM has always been against ID cards – until now
The PM has always been against ID cards… until now
Full text: Boris Johnson's Brexit deal speech
It is four and a half years since the British people voted to take back control of their money, their…
Why England is going back into lockdown
I’m afraid no responsible Prime Minister can ignore the message of those figures. When I told you two weeks ago…
Boris Johnson: Perhaps my campaign was ‘clunking’. But sometimes, clunking is what you need
You may wonder why I am up at 4.45 a.m. writing this diary when I have a country to run, Queen’s…
Full transcript: Boris Johnson’s speech on the steps of Downing Street
This morning I went to Buckingham Palace and I am forming a new government. On Monday MPs will arrive at…
Boris Johnson: I don’t want an election, you don’t want an election
Five weeks ago I spoke to you from these steps and said that this government was not going to hang…
Are we really going to abandon Brexit because of a Mars bar shortage?
The nice French doctor looked beadily at the screen. There were the results of my tests, in irrefutable detail. They…
Boris Johnson: Why we should chuck Chequers
Surely there is a bit of humbug in this outrage about the two remaining jihadi Beatles, Kotey and Elsheikh, and…
We need 10,000 tigers in the wild
I am here in India looking for tigers, and am struck by the way my fellow human beings respond to…
Girl power! Educating girls can fix the world’s problems
The world is blessed with a brilliant and industrious UN secretary-general, and it was certainly worth tuning in last week…
To a Turkish president
There was a young fellow from Ankara Who was a terrific wankera Till he sowed his wild oats With the…
Boris Johnson’s diary: Amid the China hype, remember Japan
Frankly I don’t know why the British media made such a big fat fuss last week when I accidentally flattened…
The secrets of London's Athenian golden age
The forces that made the world’s first democracy great are alive and well in modern London
'I laughed until I cried, then retched': Boris Johnson on the wit of Simon Hoggart
I really can’t remember exactly how I came to appoint Simon Hoggart the wine correspondent of this magazine, but I…
