Boris Johnson

I used to get very, very frustrated by people being told what to do by nanny in Brussels. And I remember once I rang the official who was actually responsible for banning the prawn-cocktail-flavoured crisp, which I think contained a dye called Arithrazine or something like that. ”

I've done eight years as mayor of London. I enjoyed it hugely; it was a massive privilege. ”

The euro has become a means by which superior German productivity is able to gain an absolutely unbeatable advantage over the whole eurozone territory. ”

The Lib Dems are not just empty. They are a void within a vacuum surrounded by a vast inanition. ”

I am hoping very much to get re-elected but it is going to be a tough fight. ”

If we judged everybody by the stupid, unguarded things they blurt out to their nearest and dearest, then we wouldn't ever get anywhere. ”

I love swimming in rivers, and well remember once jumping in at Chiswick. ”

I love tennis with a passion. I challenged Boris Becker to a match once and he said he was up for it but he never called back. I bet I could make him run around. ”

I'm not particularly politically correct, so I tend to reflect what I think are the terrible realities of life, which I think are, generally speaking, conservative. ”

Never in my life did I think I would be congratulated by Mick Jagger for achieving anything. ”