It just happens I write fast and always have done.
BORIS JOHNSONIn 1904, 20 per cent of journeys were made by bicycle in London. I want to see a figure like that again. If you can’t turn the clock back to 1904, what’s the point of being a Conservative?
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I dont see why people are so snooty about Channel Five. It has some respectable documentaries about the Second World War. It also devotes considerable airtime to investigations into lap-dancing, and other related and vital subjects
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I have as much chance of becoming Prime Minister as of being decapitated by a frisbee or of finding Elvis.
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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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I’m afraid Sadiq Khan is completely wrong. The European Court of Justice is the supreme legal authority in our country.
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I have not been more robust towards female rather than male assembly members and I do not believe I have been remotely sexist.
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I cant remember what my line on drugs is. Whats my line on drugs?
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This is not a time to quail, it is not a crisis, nor should we see it as an excuse for wobbling or self-doubt. But it is a moment for hope.
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The next Tory leader would have to unify his party and ensure that Britain stood tall in the world.
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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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As a Scot Gordon Brown will find it hard to convince people in England he should be prime minister.
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I’d like thousands of schools as good as the one I went to, Eton.
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It is easy to make promises – it is hard work to keep them.
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I want London to be a competitive, dynamic place to come to work.
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I would ban sweets from school – but this pressure to bring in healthy food is too much.
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We split the atom, and now we have to get French or Korean scientists to help us build nuclear power stations. We perfected the finest cars on earth-and now Rolls-Royce is in the hands of the Germans.
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