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I'm no communist.I'm a tax cutting Conservative. But I want a capitalism that is fairer to forgotten people.

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Boris Johnson
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 19
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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 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 cant remember what my line on drugs is. Whats my line on drugs?
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I think it's absolutely amazing and how the Remain side have the cheek to come and tell us that we improve our security by staying in this organisation I do not understand.
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Life isn't like coursework, baby. It's one damn essay crisis after another.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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It is easy to make promises - it is hard work to keep them.
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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 want you to know that I have nothing against Orlando, though you are, of course, far more likely to get shot or robbed there than in London.
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Yes, cannabis is dangerous, but no more than other perfectly legal drugs. It's time for a rethink, and the Tory party - the funkiest, most jiving party on Earth - is where it's happening.
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I am supporting David Cameron purely out of cynical self-interest.
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I am hoping very much to get re-elected but it is going to be a tough fight.
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