Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson wins the Tory leadership race
Boris Johnson will be Britain’s new prime minister after winning the Tory leadership race. Boris picked up 92,153 votes, or…
Boris Johnson will soon be the most popular leader in the world
Only one person in Britain now believes that Boris might deprive us of a Jeremy Hunt premiership. That person is…
How much bother will the Gaukeward squad cause Boris Johnson?
How much bother will the Gaukeward squad cause Boris Johnson? Barring one of the biggest political upsets of the past…
Which Brexit strategy will Boris Johnson go for?
Before he even gets in to Number 10, Boris Johnson must make one of the most important calls of his…
Portrait of the week: Theresa May’s new role, England’s cricket victory and the world’s steepest street
Home In a televised debate between the rivals for election by members of the Conservative party as their new leader…
Nick Robinson: I’ve underestimated Boris ever since our Oxford clashes
By this time next week the Johnson era will surely have begun. ‘We can, we will, we must now escape…
Will ‘chairman Boris’ revive cabinet government?
It has become something of a tradition in British politics: an incoming prime minister promises to restore proper cabinet government.…
Should we all be alarmed by Boris?
Back when Boris Johnson was editor of this magazine and MP for Henley, I was with him at a Tory…
Johnson and Hunt try to unite the Tory party in final leadership debate
Tonight’s Sun debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt was far more relaxed than last week’s head-to-head clash. But it…
Boris Johnson’s planning for government
Boris Johnson had been refusing to engage with the question of Cabinet appointments and the like until he was through…
Petronella Wyatt: I’ve been turned into a curiosity – and Boris is to blame
I am beginning to feel like a sort of fairground curiosity: one of those pickled things in jars that Victorians…
The most important decision that Boris has to make
After being backed by a majority of Tory MPs, Boris Johnson now looks set to win over party members by…
Can Boris Johnson make Anglo-American relations great again?
It seems a fitting end to an ill-fated premiership. As Theresa May prepares to leave No. 10, a major quarrel erupts…
Run, Boris, run: why middle-aged MPs have turned into fitness freaks
Forget the cigar, the homburg and the V-for-victory sign. If Winston Churchill were around today, he’d be pounding the streets…
I love Boris for not firing me when I wrote a play about his sex life
Fourteen years ago, almost to the day, Lloyd Evans and I received a note from Boris. It was the press…
Boris Johnson struggles through interview with Andrew Neil
Boris Johnson just faced by far his toughest interview of the campaign. He was pressed hard on Brexit, Kim Darroch’s…
The court of Boris Johnson: the factions competing for approval
How will Boris Johnson govern? With even Jeremy Hunt allies privately braced for defeat in two weeks’ time when the…
Boris takes inspiration from The Godfather
When Michael Gove turned on Boris Johnson in the 2016 Tory leadership contest and decided to stand against his former…
Boris Johnson must remember: In victory, magnanimity
With the ballot papers out, the next few days will be crucial in the Tory leadership election. As I say…
Portrait of the week: Boris vs Jeremy, Brexit party rallies and Hong Kong protests
Home Boris Johnson, the bookies’ favourite for the leadership of the Conservative party, would, if he became prime minister, ‘show…
Joan Collins: The night I got a TV star to flash Boris Johnson
It has been a spring of party madness in London and New York. I was lucky enough to have several…
A new tune: Boris Johnson on his plan to unite Britain
‘I’m going to stick ruthlessly to script,’ says Boris Johnson. ‘This is not the stage of the campaign when you…
The death of free thought
Hold the presses, this is a world exclusive. A Boris ex I sat next to last week gave me the…
Boris vs Hunt: a voter’s guide
Voting is finally underway in the Tory leadership contest. So should Britain’s next prime minister be Boris Johnson or Jeremy…
Hunt won’t let up in his attacks on Boris
It is a week on since the first hustings of the Tory leadership run off. Boris Johnson appears to have…
