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Nothing excites compassion, in friend and foe alike, as much as the sight of you ker-splonked on the Tarmac with your propeller buried six feet under.

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Boris Johnson
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 19
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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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My speaking style was criticised by no less an authority than Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was a low moment, my friends, to have my rhetorical skills denounced by a monosyllabic Austrian cyborg.
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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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I want London to be a competitive, dynamic place to come to work.
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It is possible to have a pretty good life and career being a leech and a parasite in the media world, gadding about from TV studio to TV studio, writing inconsequential pieces and having a good time.
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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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You are part of our Great British family.
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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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Life isn't like coursework, baby. It's one damn essay crisis after another.
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I want to offer particular congratulations to Andrea Leadsom on her stunning achievement. She is now well placed to win and replace the absurd gloom in some quarters with a positive, confident and optimistic approach, not just to Europe, but to government all round.
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I am supporting David Cameron purely out of cynical self-interest.
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