Boris Johnson has admitted that he would like to be prime minister but insists "it's not going to happen".
In a forthcoming BBC Two documentary, the mayor of London says he thinks the job of PM is "very, very tough".
But he will say he would like to "have a crack" at it "if the ball came loose from the back of a scrum".
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Wednesday, 20 March 2013
i-thorts' i-Politics: Boris Johnson 'would like to be PM'
Monday, 7 January 2013
i-thorts' i-Politics: Child benefit changes take effect
More than a million better-off families will lose some or all of their child benefit, under changes which came into force at midnight.
The government hopes to save £1.5bn a year to help reduce the deficit.
David Cameron described the move as "fundamentally fair" but Labour said it was a "huge assault" on families.
Thursday, 3 January 2013
i-thorts' i-Politics: Boris Johnson named most influential man in Britain...
Boris Johnson has been named the most influential man in Britain, edging out George Osborne, Prince Charles and even Prime Minister David Cameron.
The Mayor of London, who won plaudits for his handling of the widely-praised Olympic Games, triumphed over luminaries in politics, showbusiness and top executives in a list published by GQ magazine...
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Margaret Moran received £53,000 in bogus MP expenses
Margaret Moran, former Labour MP for Luton South, received more than £53,000 in fraudulent expenses, a jury has found, despite her being mentally unfit to stand trial.
Though jurors at Southwark crown court in London were unable to return a guilty verdict, they unanimously ruled the 57-year-old former assistant whip committed 15 counts of false accounting and six counts of using a false instrument over claims for parliamentary expenses between 2004 and 2008.
Friday, 2 November 2012
Welfare Cuts? - Not In Our Back Yard!
BBC reported (Child benefit 'nimbys' accused) that Middle-classes are fuming at the thought of losing some (or all) child-benefit one parent is earning from £50,000 to £60,000 and over. (Families of three children could loose £4,000.)
This comes after poorer couples (working under 24 hour a week between them) lost up to £100 week (£5,200 a year) in working tax from this April ... and no one battered an eye or even seemed to report it. These are families on minimum wage, earning under £6,000.
Saturday, 27 October 2012
Tory MP quits to open door for return of Boris
The MP for Croydon South says he'll resign at next elections. It is believed that this is one of the seats that Mr Johnson needs to return to the commons at the 2015 elections... Read More @ The Independent »
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