Boris Johnson Articles

As Boris Johnson bowed out as mayor before the Tory faithful with a trademark bang, Zac Goldsmith took up the baton with a definite whimper. While it is always a challenge to be the warm-up act for one of the best orators the Tories have produced for a generation,...

Today’s Conservative party annual conference was addressed by home secretary Theresa May in a long-anticipated speech on immigration. Many expected this to set out her stall as a potential successor to David Cameron. But what we heard was not very promising. May’s...

In slashing the London Fire Brigade budget by £106m Boris Johnson has forced through the closure of 10 fire stations, cut 14 fire engines and axed over 500 fire fighters. The most worrying part is that he is still not finished. Under Johnson’s mayoralty, the fire...

Fixed-term parliaments still create a lot of unknowns in British politics. The royal prerogative, exercised by the sitting prime minister to abolish the legislature and go to the country, was always a double-edged sword for the occupant of No 10. The longer the...