Since January 1993 there have been 27 other countries not in the EU that have done better than the UK at exporting goods into the single market.
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More Boris Johnson Quotes
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If gay marriage was OK … then I saw no reason in principle why a union should not be consecrated between three men, as well as two men; or indeed three men and a dog.
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I want London to be a competitive, dynamic place to come to work.
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I lead a life of blameless domesticity and always have done.
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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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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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The Lib Dems are not just empty. They are a void within a vacuum surrounded by a vast inanition.
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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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All the people I talk to, increasingly, can see that the emperor has got no clothes. The case for leaving [the EU] is now overwhelming.
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London is a fantastic creator of jobs – but many of these jobs are going to people who don’t originate in this country.
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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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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 think the risks that people see of terrorism are incredibly important but we are very confident we have got the right people on it and the risks have been minimised.
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Never in my life did I think I would be congratulated by Mick Jagger for achieving anything.
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The volunteering spirit of Londoners is part of what makes this the best big city on earth.
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The crucial thing is to look in an informed way at what’s going on. Look at the way in which we are forced by our imbalanced system to push away people who might contribute mightily to the NHS.
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