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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022. He was previously Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016.
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Allegra Mostyn-Owen is a British journalist and teacher. She...
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Premiership of Boris Johnson. Boris Johnson 's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom began on 24 July 2019 when he accepted an invitation of Queen Elizabeth II to form a government, succeeding Theresa May, and ended on 6 September 2022 upon his resignation.
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Boris Johnson was born at Weill Cornell Medical Center in Upper East Side in New York City, New York. He is the eldest of the four children of Stanley Johnson. Stanley is a former Conservative MEP (Member of the European Parliament). He was also an employee of the European Commission and the World Bank. Boris Johnson's mother is the painter Charlot...
In 1987 Johnson married Allegra Mostyn-Owen. The marriage lasted less than a year. It was dissolved in 1993. He married the barrister Marina Wheeler later the same year. Wheeler is the daughter of journalist and broadcaster Sir Charles Wheeler and his Sikh Indian wife, Dip Singh. The Wheeler and Johnson families have known each other for many years...
Johnson ran for MP of Clwyd South in the 1997 general election. He lost the election. In 2001, he was elected MP for Henley. He replaced Michael Heseltine. In 2004 he became Shadow Minister for the Arts after Nick Hawkins (the Shadow Home Affairs Spokesman) resigned. Johnson was vice-chairman of the Conservative Party from November 2003. He put an ...
Alcohol use ban on public transport
On 7 May 2008, Johnson said he wanted to ban (stop) people drinking alcohol on the London transport system. This was meant to start on 1 June. Jeroen Weimar, Transport for London's director of transport policing and enforcement, said this was reasonable. He said people should be more considerate on trains. The ban initially applied on the London Underground, Buses, DLR and Croydon Trams. The London Overground was added later in June 2008. Press releases said that the ban was for "stations acr...
2008 Olympics
Johnson was present at the closing ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He was London's representative to receive the Olympic flag from Guo Jinlong, the Mayor of Beijing. This was to formally announce London as Olympic host city for 2012. The Chinese media said he was "rude, arrogant and disrespectful" for accepting the Olympic flag with one hand, putting his hands in his pockets and not buttoning up his jacket.Later, at a party held at London House in Beijing, Johnson gave a speech in whic...
In August 2014, Johnson said that he would run as the Conservative candidate for Uxbridge and South Ruislip at the 2015 general election. He became the party's candidate in September. In the May 2015 general election Johnson won the election. He became MP. Some thought he ran for MP to replace David Cameron as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
2019 leadership race
On 16 May 2019, Johnson announced his plans to run for Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative Party in the 2019 election. He got through the first round of voting with 114 Conservative MPs voting for him. He later won all future ballots by large numbers. He was part of the final two candidates with Jeremy Hunton 20 June. The members' vote closed on 22 July. The result was announced on 23 July. Johnson was elected leader with 92,153 votes (66.4%) to Hunt's 46,656 votes (33.6%). He forma...
2019 general election
On 29 October 2019, Johnson announced that the next general election would happen on 12 December 2019. He wanted the Conservatives to win a majority in parliament to pass a Brexit bill. The election result was a landslide Conservative victory. They won with an overall majority of about 80 seats. The result was the worst for the Labour Partysince 1935.
Partygate
In December 2021, it was revealed that Johnson had held office parties at 10 Downing Street during COVID lockdowns.At first, Johnson denied having parties during the lockdowns. On 10 January 2022, ITV News reported that a planned party had taken place on 20 May 2020. At the time, people outdoors were not allowed to meet more than one person from outside their household. Two days later, Johnson apologised to MPs in the Commons for "attending an event in the Downing Street garden during the fir...
After Liz Truss announced her resignation as Conservative party leader on 20 October 2022, this caused another leadership election. Johnson was seen as a front-runner to replace Truss and was the third-favourite to win. The next day, he had become the second-favourite with a 35% chance of winning with over 50 MPs supporting him.[source?]However, on...
MayorWatch pages Archived 2008-08-07 at the Wayback Machine1 day ago · Boris Johnson (born June 19, 1964, New York City, New York, U.S.) is an American-born British journalist and Conservative Party politician who became prime minister of the United Kingdom in July 2019. He left office in September 2022 after being forced by scandal to resign.
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- When did Boris Johnson become the prime minister of the United Kingdom?Boris Johnson officially became prime minister of the United Kingdom on July 24, 2019. On July 7, 2022, he announced that he would step down as pri...
- Where was Boris Johnson born?Boris Johnson was born in New York City, New York, U.S., on June 19, 1964.
- How many times was Boris Johnson elected mayor of London?Boris Johnson was elected twice as mayor of London. On May 1, 2008, Johnson won a narrow victory by defeating Ken Livingstone. In 2012 he was reele...
- What was Boris Johnson's position on Brexit?Boris Johnson was a leading spokesman for the “Leave” campaign in the run-up to the June 23, 2016, national referendum on whether the United Kingdo...
- Did Boris Johnson write a book about Winston Churchill?Boris Johnson wrote The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History (2014), based on the life of Winston Churchill.
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Boris Johnson has declared his position on many political issues through his public comments. Johnson's political positions have changed throughout his political career. His policies, views and voting record have been the subject of commentary during Johnson's tenure in various positions, including as Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016 and Prime ...
Jul 7, 2022 · Boris Johnson is to resign as UK prime minister after he was hit by an unprecedented wave of resignations from his government. Months of unremitting political turbulence spiked on Tuesday when...
Jun 15, 2023 · Getty Images. Could this really be the end? Boris Johnson's latest departure from Parliament has a feeling of finality about it. The last time he stood down as an MP, in 2008, it was in...
