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I don’t believe that economic equality is possible; indeed some measure of inequality is essential for the spirit of envy and keeping up with the Joneses that is, like greed, a valuable spur to economic activity.

Boris Johnson

It is easy to make promises – it is hard work to keep them.
BORIS JOHNSON

Easy Hard Work Promise
Plus I think she can articulate what’s needed at the moment, which is a bit of an antidote to some of the gloom and negativity and misunderstanding about what the Brexit vote means.
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Misunderstanding Moment Negativity
But if people want to swim in the Thames, if they want to take their lives into their own hands, then they should be able to do so with all the freedom and exhilaration of our woad-painted ancestors.
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Hands People Swim
Some people play the piano, some do Sudoku, some watch television, some people go out to dinner parties. I write books.
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Book People Play Watch
You are part of our Great British family.
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British Country Family Great
Do you seriously propose that they are going to be so insane as to allow tariffs to be imposed. The EU is, I’m afraid a job destroying engine.
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Country Europe Jobs
The Lib Dems are not just empty. They are a void within a vacuum surrounded by a vast inanition.
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Empty Surround Vast
The volunteering spirit of Londoners is part of what makes this the best big city on earth.
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Cities Earth Volunteer
We celebrate the contribution of people who have come to this country to make it better.
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Celebrate Country People
London is the sporting capital of the world. I say to the Chinese and I say to the world, ping pong is coming home.
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Capital Home Myself Sports World
Can I say anything good about Ken Livingstone? A long time ago he did some good things, but I can’t now remember what any of them were.
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Anything Long Remember Say
I am supporting David Cameron purely out of cynical self-interest.
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Cynical Interest Self
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.
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Him Love Myself Passion Run
It just happens I write fast and always have done.
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Fast Myself Writing
I would ban sweets from school – but this pressure to bring in healthy food is too much.
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Healthy School Sweet
I have come to the conclusion that Tony Blair has finally gone mad … he made assertions that are so jaw-droppingly and breathtakingly at variance with reality that he surely needs professional psychiatric help.
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Conclusion Mad Need Professional Reality

I don’t believe that economic equality is possible; indeed some measure of inequality is essential for the spirit of envy and keeping up with the Joneses that is, like greed, a valuable spur to economic activity.

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I don’t believe that economic equality is possible; indeed some measure of inequality is essential for the spirit of envy and keeping up with the Joneses that is, like greed, a valuable spur to economic activity.

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