OP: Boris Johnson, London's former mayor, was one of the leaders of the U.K.'s 'Leave' campaign, which won the recent referendum. He has now been appointed to the post of Foreign Secretary by the new Prime Minister, Theresa May.

Boris Johnson: How Britain's new foreign secretary has insulted the world


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LONDON, June 30 (Reuters) - Former London mayor Boris Johnson, favorite to become Britain’s prime minister, abruptly pulled out of the race on Thursday, upending the contest less than a week after leading the campaign to take the country out of the EU ( Read more... )

David Cameron has resigned, bringing an abrupt end to his six-year premiership, after the British public took the momentous decision to reject his entreaties and turn their back on the European Union.Just a year after he clinched a surprise majority in the general election, a visibly emotional Cameron, standing outside Number 10 on Friday morning ( Read more... )

Action man comedian Eddie Izzard has revealed he would like to mix comedy with politics after announcing plans to run as the next mayor of London ( Read more... )

BBC investigation: Smearing an innocent man’s name is the real tragedy here

The BBC should prove that 'Newsnight’ was not acting with malice towards Lord McAlpine, argues Boris Johnson.

You know, I am afraid that they still don’t get it. The people at the BBC show no real sign of understanding what they have done wrong, let alone making amends. We ( Read more... )

The Conservatives could close Labour's poll lead to just one point if they made Boris Johnson the leader of their party, according to a poll published on Thursday ( Read more... )

Boris Johnson [Mayor Of London] Becomes Human PiñataBoris Johnson dangles 20ft in the air after getting stuck on a zip-wire while celebrating Team GB's first Olympic gold Link to this video ( Read more... )

Boobs, blunders, clangers - whatever you call them, Romney likes to drop them. And he's really outdone himself in London

From criticising the biggest sporting event Britain has held in over 40 years, to "looking out of the backside of 10 Downing Street", Mitt Romney's first foreign trip of his presidential candidacy hasn't gone quite as well as he ( Read more... )

“His message, tone, strategy and agenda was wrong. This should not have been close” tweeted one Blairite critic of Ken Livingstone as it became clear he had lost. “It's not a victory for the Tories, it’s a victory for The Evening Standard and their relentless anti-Ken propaganda” tweeted one of Livingstone’s supporters, whilst Ken lashed out at “ ( Read more... )

Boris Johnson has won a second term as London mayor, beating Labour rival Ken Livingstone by 3%, after a far closer contest than expected.

Mr Johnson won on second preference votes after failing to gain more than 50% in the first round.

He bucked the national trend after heavy Tory losses elsewhere.

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