Johnson has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015, having previously been MP for Henley from 2001 to 2008. But it helps Boris Johnson portray himself as a real unifier and the defender of the NATO alliance. [665], Johnson said in July 2019 that his government would be very "pro-China" in an interview with the Hong Kong broadcaster Phoenix TV. Johnson said it was . [155] He usually supported the Conservative party line but rebelled against it five times in this period. [493] The next day, his condition having worsened, he was moved to the hospital's intensive care unit;[494][495] Dominic Raab was appointed to deputise for him. Max Hastings, London Evening Standard, [146], Following Michael Heseltine's retirement, Johnson decided to stand as Conservative candidate for Henley, a Conservative safe seat in Oxfordshire. ", "Boris Johnson the Godfather takes his retribution in massacre of cabinet ministers", "Boris Johnson dismantles cabinet in reshuffle, building government around people who delivered Brexit vote", "Boris Johnson gives himself 'Minister for the Union' title", "Do Boris Johnson's tax and spending plans add up? [357] In May 2017, during the 2017 United Kingdom general election, a woman criticised him for discussing ending tariffs on Indian whisky in a Sikh temple in Bristol (Sikhism prohibits alcohol use). [235] Abolishing the western wing of the congestion charging zone,[236] he cancelled plans to increase the congestion charge for four-wheel-drive vehicles. [356] Johnson promised while in Northern Ireland that Brexit would leave the Irish border "absolutely unchanged". Clapham, Andrew (1993). Watch: Boris Johnson says people need to understand the "sheer cost in human life" war could entail Evidence suggests Russia is planning "the biggest war in Europe since 1945", Prime Minister. 1.1Ancestry 2Personal life 3Political career Toggle Political career subsection 3.12008 London Mayoral election 4Mayor of London Toggle Mayor of London subsection 4.1Alcohol use ban on public transport 4.22008 Olympics 5MP (since 2015) Toggle MP (since 2015) subsection 5.1Brexit 5.2Foreign Secretary (2016-2018) [267], Johnson championed London's financial sector and denounced what he saw as "banker bashing" following the financial crisis of 200708,[268] condemning the anti-capitalist Occupy London movement that appeared in 2011. [561], After Paterson resigned, a by-election was held in Paterson's former constituency of North Shropshire. 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[453] The Chancellor Sajid Javid also announced that the spending review would be fast-tracked to September. [523][524], In September 2021, Johnson was pictured in a cabinet meeting, with "at least 30 people crammed shoulder-to-shoulder", without anyone wearing masks and with all windows apparently closed, contradicting government advice. 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[644], In early April 2022, Johnson decided to ban conversion therapy for sexual orientation but not for transgender Britons, despite previous commitment to end such treatment for all LGBT people. [762][763][764][765] He has been noted as making significant use of humour in relation to this, sometimes for explicitly political purposes. [401], In July 2018, Johnson signed a 12month contract to write articles for the Telegraph Media Group. [456] Later that day, 21 Conservative MPs, including the Father of the House and former Chancellor Kenneth Clarke, and another former Chancellor Philip Hammond, had the party whip withdrawn for defying party orders and supporting an opposition motion. [849][850], Johnson's paternal grandfather, Wilfred Johnson, was an RAF pilot in Coastal Command during the Second World War. [572], On 12 January 2022, Johnson apologised to MPs in the Commons for "attending an event in the Downing Street garden during the first lockdown",[573][574] stating he believed it was "a work event". Language. Andrew Mitchell convinced Major not to veto Johnson's candidacy, but Johnson could not find a constituency. ", "Boris Johnson backs Dominic Cummings over lockdown breach", "The Cummings effect: politics, trust, and behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic", "Chumocracy first in line as ministers splash Covid cash", "Covid: NHS Test and Trace needs to improve, PM concedes", "Report: Boris Johnson Said U.K. Should 'Ignore' Covid-19 At The Start Of The Pandemic", "Covid: Boris Johnson's 'bodies pile high' comments prompt criticism", "Johnson 'did make bodies pile high in their thousands' comment, writes Peston", "U.K. [105] His writings were also a key influence on the emergence of the EU-opposing UK Independence Party (UKIP) in the early 1990s. Later in Johnson's career it was a point of rivalry with David Cameron, who had failed to enter Pop. Facing criticism, Johnson stated he had been misquoted and that nothing he said had justified Zaghari-Ratcliffe's sentence. [208][209], After Johnson became mayor, those in City Hall who were deemed too closely allied to Livingstone's administration had their employment terminated. [649], Johnson announced that the UK would join the Global Methane Pledge to cut methane emissions by 30% by the year of 2030 at the COP26 summit, which the UK hosted. Some thought him amusing and charming while others disliked his flippant attitude and lack of knowledge of the local area. 11. [315] Conversely, former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith and UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage defended his comments. [285] Two of his actions after taking on this role were to improve transportation around London by making more tickets available and laying on more buses around the capital during the busy period, when thousands of spectators were temporary visitors in London. [36], In late 1969, the family moved to Maida Vale in west London, while Stanley began post-graduate research at the London School of Economics. [65] While at Oxford, Johnson participated in college rugby union, playing as a tighthead prop for Balliol College's team for four years. [402][403] In December, Johnson was ordered to apologise to Parliament for failing to declare 50,000 of earnings. [95] Many of his fellow journalists there were critical of his articles, opining they often contained lies designed to discredit the commission. [327], After May had become Conservative Party leader and prime minister, she appointed Johnson Foreign Secretary in July 2016. Alexander Boris De Pfeffel Johnson Gender Male Age 58 Date of birth Friday 19 Jun 1964 Birth place New York, USA Occupations Prime Minister of Britain and First Lord of the Treasury (2019) Education European School of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom [377] Johnson supported the Turkish invasion of northern Syria aimed at ousting the Syrian Kurds from the enclave of Afrin. [266] He was criticised for his response to the 2011 London riots; holidaying with his family in British Columbia when the rioting broke out, he did not return immediately to London, only doing so 48 hours after it had begun and addressing Londoners 60 hours thereafter. [667] China accused the UK of interfering in its internal affairs. Johnson initially called the claims "an inverted pyramid of piffle". [70], Johnson was popular and well known at Oxford. When interviewed in January 2019, he said he had not mentioned Turkey during the campaign. This was a reduction on the 2035 target set in February that year, which brought forward the previous deadline of 2040. The former first minister and his wife Moira stayed with Queen Elizabeth at Balmoral . The Russian forces defeated a Ukrainian army unit near Artemovsk (Bakhmut) named after former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, one of the commanders of the Wagner PMC told Sputnik.He displayed the the trophies taken during the fight on the southern outskirts of the city, which included a flag from a unit of the "elite" 24th Mechanized Brigade stationed in the western part of Ukraine. "[733], According to TheyWorkForYou, Johnson has "generally voted against" what it described as "measures to prevent climate change" while an MP. [139][140], Journalist Charlotte Edwardes wrote in The Times in 2019 alleging that Johnson had squeezed her thigh at a private lunch in the offices of the Spectator in 1999 and that another woman had told her he had done the same to her. Sources differ on whether the marriage ended in divorce. [779][780][781][782] He has been considered a figure with broad appeal outside of the usual Conservative support base. Hayton, Richard. [257][258], Johnson appointed himself chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA), and in October 2008 successfully pushed for the resignation of Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair after the latter was criticised for allegedly handing contracts to friends and for his handling of the death of Jean Charles de Menezes. [244] He also ordered the construction of a cable car system that crossed the River Thames between Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks. [93] He wrote articles about euromyths such as the EU wanting to ban prawn cocktail crisps and British sausages, and to standardise condom sizes because Italians had smaller penises. [547][548] Angela Rayner, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, wrote to Lord Geidt asking for evidence of the lack of conflict of interest and said that it was "frankly scarcely believable" that Johnson did not know who was funding the refurbishments. [466][467], The COVID-19 pandemic emerged as a serious crisis within the first few months of Johnson's second term. MP Kim Leadbeater and Brendan Cox, the sister and husband of murdered MP Jo Cox, warned against politicians lending credence to far-right conspiracy theories. He defended his decision citing "complexities and sensitivities", adding that he thought biological males should not compete in women's sport and women should have their own changing rooms. [129], Johnson's appearance on an April 1998 episode of the BBC's satirical current affairs show Have I Got News for You brought him national fame. [759][766][767] Johnson has said that "humour is a utensil that you can use to sugar the pill and to get important points across". [525] Johnson was also photographed without a face mask during a visit to a hospital in November, although images showed that he did wear a mask at some points during his visit. One quarter of those appointed were women, and the Cabinet set a record for ethnic minority representation, with four secretaries of state and two additional ministers coming from minority backgrounds. [425], Also on 28August 2019, Johnson declared he had asked the Queen to prorogue parliament from 10September, narrowing the window in which parliament could block a no-deal Brexit and causing a political controversy. But it is only responsible to prepare vigorously and seriously for no deal. [772][773][774], Johnson has been described as a divisive and controversial figure in British politics. [678], Following the formal withdrawal from the European Union in January 2020, Johnson's government entered trade negotiations with the EU to agree on their future relationship before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020. [330][331], Some journalists and foreign politicians criticised Johnson's appointment because of his history of controversial statements about other countries. [126], Johnson was given a regular column in The Spectator, sister publication to The Daily Telegraph, which attracted mixed reviews and was often thought rushed. Johnson attended Eton College, and studied Classics at Balliol College, Oxford. He is Turkish if you count only his paternal ancestry but realistically only 6% Turkish and doesn't seem to identify as Turkish. [302] In 2016, Sadiq Khan announced that three German-made water cannon, which Johnson had bought for the Metropolitan Police without waiting for clearance from the then-Home Secretary Theresa May, were to be sold, with the proceeds going to youth services. [335][336] A number of diplomats, FCO staff and foreign ministers who worked with Johnson compared his leadership unfavourably to previous foreign secretaries for his perceived lack of conviction or substantive positions on British foreign policy issues. [859][860], Referring to his varied ancestry, Johnson has described himself as a "one-man melting pot" with a combination of Abrahamic religious great-grandparents. [194][195] He presented a popular history television show, The Dream of Rome, which was broadcast in January 2006; a book followed in February. The Libertines triad wouldn't be complete without their producer (and former member of the British punk band The Clash) Mick Jones. 38. [411][412], Johnson initially pledged to cut income tax for earners of more than 50,000 by raising the 40% tax threshold to 80,000, but backed away from this plan in June 2019 after coming under criticism in a televised BBC debate. [85] In late 1987, through family connections, he began work as a graduate trainee at The Times. [83] After a honeymoon in Egypt, they settled in West Kensington, west London,[84] when he secured work for a management consultancy company, L.E.K. He began a relationship with Allegra Mostyn-Owen, cover girl for Tatler magazine and daughter of Christie's Education chairman William Mostyn-Owen. "Conservative Party Statecraft and the Johnson Government", This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 20:55. "This is going to be a European war, a fully-fledged war," Zelensky added. [669], The UK joined the AUKUS defence pact with the United States and Australia in September 2021, which was interpreted as aiming to counter Chinese power in the Indo-Pacific region. Many of the MPs involved stated that the Pincher affair had led them to change their minds on the suitability of Johnson to hold the office of prime minister. [402] In August, the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACoBA) reported that this employment was a breach of the Ministerial Code. ", "Climate change: The science briefing that convinced Boris Johnson", "Boris Johnson's climate change "scepticism" is an embarrassment to London's scientists", "What Does Boris Johnson Really Think About Climate Change? Johnson conducted another reshuffle of his cabinet in September 2021. [832] On 29February 2020, Johnson and Symonds announced they had become engaged in late 2019, and that Symonds was expecting a baby in early summer. ", "UK commits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050", "Boris Johnson warns against 'napping' on climate change", "Could Scotland ever be 'the Saudi Arabia of renewables'? The EU introduced limits on the power of vacuum cleaners in 2014. [570] Two eyewitnesses later alleged that Johnson and Symonds attended, contradicting Johnson's insistence in December 2021 that there were "no parties". [784], Since Johnson was born in New York City to British parents, he first held British-American dual citizenship. [654][655], In April 2022, Johnson announced that eight more nuclear reactors would be built on existing nuclear power plant sites, and called for an expansion in wind energy. Both Cummings and Johnson rejected widespread calls that Cummings resign. [562] The 34% swing was seventh largest in United Kingdom by-election history. In some ways, I am a bit of a fan of the European Union. [648] In 2021, the UK government under Johnson's leadership announced plans to cut carbon emissions by 78% by 2035. [45] Meanwhile, in December 1978 his parents' relationship broke down; they divorced in 1980,[46] and Charlotte moved into a flat in Notting Hill, west London, where her children joined her for much of their time.[47]. [530] On 13November, Johnson ordered Chief Adviser Dominic Cummings, a longtime colleague of Cain, to vacate Downing Street. [527] Against these measures, the government experienced the largest rebellion of Conservative MPs during Johnson's premiership. [662], The United Kingdom and Mauritius dispute the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. E-Book Overview. [613], Following heavy Conservative defeats in the 23 June by-elections in Wakefield by the Labour Party and in Tiverton and Honiton, by the Liberal Democrats, former party leader Michael Howard called for Johnson to resign, saying: "[Mr Johnson's] biggest asset has always been his ability to win votes but I'm afraid yesterday's results make it clear that he no longer has that ability. [256] In August 2008, Johnson broke from the traditional protocol of those in public office not publicly commenting on other nations' elections by endorsing Barack Obama for the presidency of the United States. [797][798], Johnson owns a 1.3million buy-to-let townhouse in Camberwell, South London. In June 2020, 30 British MPs including Labour, SNP and Liberal Democrats signed a letter calling on Prime Minister Johnson to act immediately on the ICJ ruling. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (/ffl/,[5] born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, writer and journalist who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022. LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain told Ukrainian lawmakers on Tuesday that their heroic defense against Russia's invasion would rank as "Ukraine's finest hour . Johnson announced his resignation at 12.30pm. [294] Later that month, the Greater London Authority referred Johnson and his actions in the matter to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) "so it can assess whether or not it is necessary to investigate the former mayor of London for the criminal offence of misconduct in public office". [296] The IOPC issued its report in May 2020, concluding that, although there was no basis for any criminal charge, there was evidence that the close relationship between Johnson and Arcuri had influenced decisions by officials. 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