Quote

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. You can see it all across southern Europe, you can see it, alas, in our country.

Boris Johnson

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Boris Johnson
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 19
Blogger
Editor
Essayist
Journalist
Mayor Of London
Politician
Writer
New York City
New York
Boris
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson
BoJo
Bo Jo
Going
Insane
Tariffs
Seriously
Imposed
Allow
Engine
Across
Propose
Europe
Alas
Afraid
Engines
Jobs
Southern
Country
Destroying

More quotes by Boris Johnson

Image
London is a fantastic creator of jobs - but many of these jobs are going to people who don't originate in this country.
Boris Johnson
Image
My ideal world is, we're there, we're in the EU, trying to make it better.
Boris Johnson
Image
I have not been more robust towards female rather than male assembly members and I do not believe I have been remotely sexist.
Boris Johnson
Image
Some people think that it [Brexit] is the end of the world. It's not. On the contrary, it's a massive opportunity for this country.
Boris Johnson
Image
My chances of being PM are about as good as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars, or my being reincarnated as an olive.
Boris Johnson
Image
I cant remember what my line on drugs is. Whats my line on drugs?
Boris Johnson
Image
The next Tory leader would have to unify his party and ensure that Britain stood tall in the world.
Boris Johnson
Image
He is like some sherry-crazed old dowager who has lost the family silver at roulette, and who now decides to double up by betting the house as well.
Boris Johnson
Image
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.
Boris Johnson
Image
The mayors fund for London will be a streamlined vehicle for getting money from the wealth creating sector to communities across London that are facing hardship and deprivation and are the victims of crime.
Boris Johnson
Image
When my father began his work in the 1970s it was a very different EU. I pay tribute to what he did. But it has now become a very different proposition: the United States of Europe.
Boris Johnson
Image
Humanity would have plunged into a new dark age of absolutely frightening and appalling characteristics without Churchill.
Boris Johnson
Image
In 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?
Boris Johnson
Image
I think it'd be disgraceful if a chap wasn't allowed to have a bit of fun in Las Vegas. The real scandal would be if you went to Vegas and you didn't misbehave in some trivial way.
Boris Johnson
Image
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.
Boris Johnson
Image
It hasn't taken them long, they began by telling us they would have a positive and patriotic case and they're back to project fear within minutes. There they go again they have nothing positive to say.
Boris Johnson
Image
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.
Boris Johnson
Image
The dreadful truth is that when people come to see their MP, they have run out of better ideas.
Boris Johnson
Image
I am supporting David Cameron purely out of cynical self-interest.
Boris Johnson
Image
We did everything we could to break down barriers that restrain poorest.
Boris Johnson