Boris Johnson
Born in 1964 Boris Johnson is an English politician and journalist. Currently Mayor of London, he was previously a Conservative Member of Parliament and the editor of the weekly Spectator magazine.
Updated: 8 September 2009
The devastating effects of austerity on the Greek population are a warning that history is not an never-ending ascent to progress and enlightenment. Civilisations can also collapse, warns Boris Johnson. 
If Britain is marginalised after last week’s fractious European Council, it’s only because the continent is furious that the UK never signed up to its troubled euro project, argues the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. 
There is nothing in the mind of Norway’s mass killer that needs studying. Instead of rationalising his deeds, we'd do better to ignore his narcissism and puerile ideology, writes columnist and London's mayor Boris Johnson. 
Aiming to create a more secure investment framework in the EU, the AIFM directive has raised fears in the City over its future as international financial centre. On a recent trip to Brussels to plead its cause, London’s mayor Boris Johnson discovered a futuristic city where, he argues, the real centre of power lies, much to the detriment of Westminster.