Boris Johnson

I have not been more robust towards female rather than male assembly members and I do not believe I have been remotely sexist. ”

I've always sort of thought that politics was a high and noble calling and a good thing to do. ”

London is a fantastic creator of jobs - but many of these jobs are going to people who don't originate in this country. ”

The job of mayor of London is unbelievably taxing, particularly in the run-up to the Olympics. ”

I want London to be the most cycle-friendly city on Earth, and I want more people to be happy and safe on bicycles. ”

My point was very simple, and it was that it is absolutely absurd for the United States of America to continue to urge us further down the line towards a federal superstate when the U.S. has not even signed up to the U.N. Convention on Human Rights. ”

If we get outside the EU, if we leave the EU system, we will be relieved of a huge amount of unnecessary regulation that is holding this country back. We will be able to set our own priorities, make our own laws and set our own tax policies to suit the needs of this country. We have a huge opportunity also to make people's votes count for more. ”

We were told by President Obama that in respect of international trade, we would have to get to the back of the queue - not a position that America normally requires the United Kingdom to be in when it comes to other matters, such as the Iraq War. ”

We cannot turn our backs on Europe. We are part of Europe. ”

There is absolutely no one, apart from yourself, who can prevent you, in the middle of the night, from sneaking down to tidy up the edges of that hunk of cheese at the back of the fridge. ”