Mayor of London
Politics as Ripping Yarns: the breathless brio of Boris Johnson’s memoir
Like a cross between Aeneas and Biggles, our intrepid hero travels the world, endures a thousand ordeals and makes himself father of the world’s greatest city
I’m proud of my mayoral campaign
In 18 months of campaigning to win the battle to be mayor of London – spoiler: I didn’t win –…
Diary
I still live in the same house, in London, in which I lived as a baby. I walk my five-year-old…
Rome, racism and Sadiq Khan
‘Racism’ refers to the belief in racially determined inferiority, most often recognised in body-type, about which, by definition, nothing can…
Have we sacrificed a quarter’s growth to answer the European question?
Has the shadow of Brexit already cost us a slice of GDP — and if so, is it a blip…
Sadiq Khan’s virtues
The new Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said he wanted ‘the most transparent, honest and accessible administration London has ever…
Barometer
London’s other mayor How many people could name the capital’s other mayor, the Lord Mayor of London? The office, officially…
Diary
With hindsight maybe it was silly for me to bleat, ‘As everyone knows, the Johnsons are neither posh nor rich’…
Giving up the fight
“Whether it’s in Iraq, Syria, Libya or elsewhere — as Prime Minister, if I believe there is a specific threat…
The green house effect
Buying an eco-home? Expect stifling springs and summers
Boris jumps in
The next Tory leadership battle has just begun
Gove’s friends are out to get him
From the moment he took his job, Michael Gove knew that he would make energetic and determined enemies. The teachers’…
You shouldn’t lose your children for disagreeing with Boris Johnson
Do your children have a bleak and nihilistic view of the world? It’s hard to tell, really, when they spend…
