[293] The Sunday Times said in September 2019 that Johnson failed to declare his personal relationship as a conflict of interest. [518] NHS workers successfully ensured that half of UK adults had received at least their first vaccine dose by 20March 2021. ", "Coronavirus: What are the lockdown measures across Europe? Raab was replaced as Foreign Secretary by Liz Truss. Born Alexander Boris DE PFEFFEL JOHNSON British Conservative Party politician, who has served as Mayor of London since 2008 Born on June 19, 1964 in New York City, New York, USA , United States (58 years) Born on June 19 42 Family tree Report an error Kemal Ali 1867 - 1922 Brun Winifred Emma Mary 1883 - 1909 Williams Stanley Fred 1880 - 1955 Within hours, the BBC and other news outlets reported Boris Johnson's intention to resign as prime minister, pending a party leadership election by autumn 2022. "[733], According to TheyWorkForYou, Johnson has "generally voted against" what it described as "measures to prevent climate change" while an MP. [381] He previously served as Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and as Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. [355], In April 2017, Johnson said that Gibraltar's sovereignty was "not going to change" after Brexit. [744], Purnell believed it was the influence of Johnson's maternal family, the left-wing Fawcetts, that led to him developing "a genuine abhorrence of racial discrimination". [531][532] Several months after his dismissal, on 26May 2021, Cummings claimed during a seven-hour testimony delivered to Parliament that Johnson was "unfit for the job" and that "tens of thousands of people died who didn't need to die" during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic due to what he claimed to be "criminal, disgraceful behaviour" within Downing Street under the supervision of Health Secretary Matt Hancock. [503] This resulted in a loss of confidence in the government and specifically its response to the pandemic, referred to as 'the Cummings effect' in a study in The Lancet. [16][17][18], Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson was born on 19June 1964 in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City,[19][20] to 23-year-old Stanley Johnson, then studying economics at Columbia University,[21] and 22-year-old Charlotte Fawcett,[22] an artist from a family of liberal intellectuals. [679] Fisheries was a major topic of the negotiations. [803] To be married in the Catholic Church, Johnson needed to have his two previous marriages proven to be invalid by reason of lack of canonical form. [28] A third child, Leo, was born in September 1967. [605], During the 2019 United Kingdom general election campaign and many times afterwards, Johnson pledged to build 40 new hospitals by 2030. [152], In Parliament, Johnson was appointed to a standing committee assessing the Proceeds of Crime Bill, but missed many of its meetings. [385][386][387][388], Johnson said that US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital is a "moment of opportunity" for peace. No disrespect to any other religions, but Christianity makes a lot of sense to me. [648] In 2021, the UK government under Johnson's leadership announced plans to cut carbon emissions by 78% by 2035. ", "Donald Trump and Boris Johnson kiss and make Out", "New York Post compares Boris Johnson to Donald Trump", "Don't lump Boris Johnson together with Donald Trump", "Boris Johnson has no right to call himself a one-nation Conservative", "New prime minister Boris Johnson's climate change record", "What is Boris Johnson's record on climate change? [542] On 28 April, the Electoral Commission announced it had opened a formal investigation into the allegations. [667] China accused the UK of interfering in its internal affairs. [357] In May 2017, during the 2017 United Kingdom general election, a woman criticised him for discussing ending tariffs on Indian whisky in a Sikh temple in Bristol (Sikhism prohibits alcohol use). [71] Alongside Guppy, he co-edited the university's satirical magazine Tributary. In 2013, the Court of Appeal discharged an injunction banning reporting of his daughter's existence. [10] Johnson has been accused of lying or making untruthful or misleading statements throughout his career,[778] and has been described as racist and otherwise bigoted;[15] comparisons have been drawn with US president Donald Trump. [753][needs update], Speaking in Northern Ireland, Johnson described himself as a "fervent and passionate unionist". [607] In July 2022 the National Audit Office announced an investigation into the affordability of the pledge and raised concerns about the claim that the hospitals will be "new". [374] Johnson described the Nord Stream2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany as "divisive" and a "threat" that left Europe dependent on a "malign Russia" for its energy supplies. [442][443][444], In December 2019, Johnson said: "quite a large number of people coming in from the whole of the EU580 million population[had been] able to treat the UK as though it's basically part of their own country and the problem with that is there has been no control at all". Max Hastings, London Evening Standard, [146], Following Michael Heseltine's retirement, Johnson decided to stand as Conservative candidate for Henley, a Conservative safe seat in Oxfordshire. Dick stated that "potential breaches of COVID-19 regulations" at Downing Street and Whitehall over the last two years would be looked into. [612] The result was described by Keir Starmer as the "beginning of the end" for Johnson's premiership. [688] In a phone call to President Vladimir Putin, Johnson urged him to "avoid bloodshed". [77] Finally, Johnson was awarded an upper second-class degree,[78][79] and was deeply unhappy he did not receive a first.[80]. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and former United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson took out an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal on Thursday demanding the West do more to get Ukraine the weapons . Boris Johnson, in full Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, (born June 19, 1964, New York City, New York, U.S.), American-born British journalist and Conservative Party politician who became prime minister of the United Kingdom in July 2019. The pact was denounced by China[671] and caused a French backlash, as it usurped existing plans for Australia to procure French submarines. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at the airport in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 1, 2022. [I am] free-market, tolerant, broadly libertarian (though perhaps not ultra-libertarian), inclined to see the merit of traditions, anti-regulation, pro-immigrant, pro-standing on your own two feet, pro-alcohol, pro-hunting, pro-motorist and ready to defend to the death the right of Glenn Hoddle to believe in reincarnation. [669], The UK joined the AUKUS defence pact with the United States and Australia in September 2021, which was interpreted as aiming to counter Chinese power in the Indo-Pacific region. ", "Climate change: The science briefing that convinced Boris Johnson", "Boris Johnson's climate change "scepticism" is an embarrassment to London's scientists", "What Does Boris Johnson Really Think About Climate Change? [696] He later announced the UK would phase out Russian oil by the end of 2022. [124] He subsequently turned his attention to obtaining a seat in the UK House of Commons. [640] During his final Prime Minister's Questions Johnson signed off by saying "hasta la vista, baby". In interviews, Bannon had praised Johnson and said he should challenge Theresa May for the party leadership. It's all in the name Johnson's full name is Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson. [762] His favourite film is The Godfather, owing to "the multiple retribution killings at the end". Introduction of new UK border checks were delayed until 2022 to minimise the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. [328][329] Johnson's appointment ensured he would often be out of the country and unable to organise and mobilise backbenchers against her, while forcing him to take responsibility for problems caused by withdrawing from the EU. "[540][541], On 27 April Johnson asked the Cabinet Secretary, Simon Case, to hold a review about the refurbishment. [683], In November 2021, Johnson warned that the European Union faces "a choice" between "sticking up for Ukraine" and approving the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline which runs from Russia to Europe. [136] His editorship also drew criticism; some opined that under him The Spectator avoided serious issues,[137] while colleagues became annoyed that he was regularly absent from the office, meetings, and events. Boris Johnson has told MPs he met Russian oligarch and ex-KGB officer Alexander Lebedev without officials present. [858] Through this family line, Johnson is a descendant in the seventh generation of Anna Catharina Bischoff, whose mummified corpse was found in 1975 and identified in 2018. [237] He was subsequently accused of failing to publish an independent report on air pollution commissioned by the Greater London Authority, which revealed the city breached legal limits on nitrogen dioxide levels. [230] In 2009, he rescued Franny Armstrong from anti-social teenagers who had threatened her while he was cycling past them. He has been married twice and has six children. E-Book Overview. Mary Raper (c1816-) 40. [625], Johnson allegedly referred to Pincher as "handsy" and Cummings said Johnson joked about him being "Pincher by name, pincher by nature" in 2020, leading to calls for Johnson to explain how much he knew about Pincher's behaviour. [636][637][638] Upon reports of his resignation, the pound sterling temporarily strengthened in value, and UK stocks rose. After being rejected as Conservative candidate for Holborn and St. Pancras, his party selected him the candidate for Clwyd South in north Wales, then a Labour Party safe seat. With his old Etonian pedigree and schoolboy mannerisms, he may appear to be to the manor born. [409] On 7June, Johnson formally launched his campaign, saying, "we must leave the EU on 31October. [698] On 16 April 2022, Russia's Ministry for Foreign Affairs banned Johnson and a number of senior British politicians, including cabinet members, from visiting Russia, saying that Britain aimed to isolate Russia politically and supply "the Kyiv regime with lethal weapons and coordinating similar efforts on the part of NATO". You can kinda see it, he has eyes as blue as ice and hair as white as a polar bear with a Russian first name. She was a glamorous and popular fellow student from his own social background; they became engaged while at university. LONDON - For almost a decade, Alexander Temerko, who forged a career at the top of the Russian arms industry and had connections at the . [298] He later called Trump's comments "ill informed" and "complete and utter nonsense", adding that "the only reason I wouldn't go to some parts of New York is the real risk of meeting Donald Trump". After Liz Truss announced her resignation as Conservative Party leader on 20 October 2022, Johnson sought support from MPs to run in the subsequent leadership election, and received support from several cabinet members. MI5 and MI6 are said to have. [270] He collected donations from the city's wealthy for a charitable enterprise, the Mayor's Fund, which he had established to aid disadvantaged youths. The EU introduced limits on the power of vacuum cleaners in 2014. [249] On 2July 2008, the Mayor's office announced the closure plan was to be abandoned and that offices would remain open. [746][747][748], In 2018, during the Brexit negotiations, he called for Britain to leave the Single Market[746] and advocated a more liberal approach to immigration than that of Prime Minister Theresa May. For its part, the EU has so far rebuffed the idea of changing the text of the treaty to accommodate the British. Boris has two younger brothers, Leo and Jo and one sister, Rachel. [707][708][709] As a former prime minister, Johnson, with his wife Carrie, had a place of honour at the state funeral on 19 September 2022. Economists of various political views, and the head of energy regulator Ofgem strongly disagreed. [382] [37] In 1970, Charlotte and the children briefly returned to Nethercote, where Johnson attended Winsford Village School, before returning to London to settle in Primrose Hill,[38] where they were educated at Primrose Hill Primary School. [141][142], In 2004, Johnson published an editorial in The Spectator after the murder of Ken Bigley suggesting that Liverpudlians were wallowing in their victim status and also "hooked on grief" over the Hillsborough disaster, which Johnson partly blamed on "drunken fans". On leaving Eton, Johnson went on a gap year to Australia, where he taught English and Latin at Timbertop, an Outward Bound-inspired campus of Geelong Grammar, an elite independent boarding school. [105] His writings were also a key influence on the emergence of the EU-opposing UK Independence Party (UKIP) in the early 1990s. He also called Philip Hammond and the Treasury "the heart of Remain" and accused individuals of scaremongering over a Brexit "meltdown", saying "No panic. [362][363][364] In October 2017, he faced criticism for stating the Libyan city of Sirte could become an economic success like Dubai: "all they have to do is clear the dead bodies away". His father Stanley Johnson and his sister Rachael Johnson are also media celebrities, with regular appearances on television and radio. [500][501][502] Calls for Johnson to dismiss Cummings came from MPs both within and outside the Conservative Party. Upon visiting shopkeepers and residents affected by the riots in Clapham, elements within the crowds booed and jeered him. A decisive event that occurred Johnson's tenure as Prime Minister was the COVID-19 pandemic which began in early 2020; the government responded to the pandemic by introducing various emergency powers and measures across the country to mitigate its impact, and approved the rollout of a nationwide vaccination programme. [340] Johnson pledged to help Turkey join the EU and expressed support for Erdogan's government. Bori [689] Johnson and Putin agreed in a phone call to work towards a "peaceful resolution". In July 2020, Boris Johnson made his younger brother Jo a peer. By Catherine Belton. [94] He wrote that Brussels had recruited sniffers to ensure that Euro-manure smells the same,[95] and that the Eurocrats were about to dictate the acceptable curve of bananas[c] and the limits on the power of vacuum cleaners,[97][d] and to order women to return their old sex toys. Since he was baptised Catholic, but his previous weddings were not conferred by the Catholic Church, they are considered putatively invalid. As a result, he earned the mistrust of many party members. [453] The Chancellor Sajid Javid also announced that the spending review would be fast-tracked to September. Johnson remained a popular figure in London with a strong celebrity status. [114] They were sent to the local Canonbury Primary School and then to private secondary schools. He left office in September 2022 after being forced by scandal to resign. It put my suspicions to rest that he was Russian. One quarter of those appointed were women, and the Cabinet set a record for ethnic minority representation, with four secretaries of state and two additional ministers coming from minority backgrounds. [193] To make up for this loss of income, Johnson negotiated with The Daily Telegraph to raise his annual fee from 200,000 to 250,000, averaging at 5,000 per column, each of which took up around an hour and a half of his time. [165] His 2001 book, Friends, Voters, Countrymen: Jottings on the Stump, recounted that year's election campaign,[166] while 2003's Lend Me Your Ears collected together previously published columns and articles. [749] He stated many people believed that Britain's EU membership had led to the suppression of the wages of its "indigenous" people and said the EU was intent on creating a "superstate" that would seek to rob Britain of its sovereignty. [189][190] That month, he attracted further public attention for rugby-tackling former footballer Maurizio Gaudino in a charity football match. [639] He remained as prime minister until September, while the Conservative Party chose a new leader. Prime Minister Johnson's paternal grandmother was of English, German, French, European Royal, and Irish, ancestry, along with more remote Cornish, Dutch, and Belgian lines. [825], In September 2018, Johnson and Wheeler issued a statement confirming that after 25 years of marriage they had separated "several months ago", and had begun divorce proceedings. [33] He and his siblings were encouraged to engage in highbrow activities from a young age,[34] with high achievement being greatly valued; Johnson's earliest recorded ambition was to be "world king". [104] Johnson's articles exacerbated tensions between the Conservative Party's Eurosceptic and Europhile factions. [88] His articles appealed to the newspaper's conservative, middle-class, middle-aged "Middle England" readership,[89] and were known for their distinctive literary style, replete with old-fashioned words and phrases and for regularly referring to the readership as "my friends". . [523][524], In September 2021, Johnson was pictured in a cabinet meeting, with "at least 30 people crammed shoulder-to-shoulder", without anyone wearing masks and with all windows apparently closed, contradicting government advice. The president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, rejected the proposal. [312] Several Labour and Liberal Democrat politicians condemned them as racist and unacceptable. [448][449] The mass dismissal was the most extensive postwar Cabinet reorganisation without a change in the ruling party, exceeding the seven Cabinet ministers dismissed in the "Night of the Long Knives" of 1962. [456] Later that day, 21 Conservative MPs, including the Father of the House and former Chancellor Kenneth Clarke, and another former Chancellor Philip Hammond, had the party whip withdrawn for defying party orders and supporting an opposition motion. [159][160] After initially stating he would not, he voted in support of the government's plans to join the US in the 2003 invasion of Iraq,[150] and in April 2003 visited occupied Baghdad. Johnson therefore became the first prime minister in British history to have been sanctioned for breaking the law while in office. [235] Abolishing the western wing of the congestion charging zone,[236] he cancelled plans to increase the congestion charge for four-wheel-drive vehicles. As part of the Johnson family celebrity offer, Boris Johnson has several known relatives. In September 1987, Johnson and Mostyn-Owen were married in West Felton, Shropshire, accompanied by a duet for violin and viola Allegra e Boris[82] specially commissioned for the wedding from Hans Werner Henze. [81] According to later biographer Sonia Purnell who was Johnson's Brussels deputy[92] he helped make Euroscepticism "an attractive and emotionally resonant cause for the Right", whereas it had been associated previously with the British Left. He also responded to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine by imposing sanctions on Russia and authorising foreign aid and weapons shipments to Ukraine. Johnson increased the number of ministers attending the Cabinet to 33, four more than had attended the May Cabinet. [553] This coincided with a rise in energy prices that Johnson said was a "short-term" problem caused by "the global economy coming back to life" after the COVID-19 pandemic. [263] Overall crime in London fell during his administration, but his claim that serious youth crime had decreased proved to be false, and he acknowledged the error. [274] Johnson's announcement was criticised by Labour for the perceived politicisation of this nominally independent panel, who asked whether the appointment of key Johnson allies to the panel "to dig dirt on Ken Livingstone" was "an appropriate use of public funds". "Human Rights in the Private Sphere". [535][536], At the State Opening of Parliament on 11May 2021, a range of proposed laws were announced that are expected to be enacted during Johnson's second term. Johnson's defence of Cummings and his refusal to sack him caused a widespread backlash. Some commentators noted that, while, as Johnson said, Cincinnatus returned to his plough, he was also later recalled to power. [404], In September 2018, Johnson wrote: "We have opened ourselves to perpetual political blackmail. Johnson tweeted that it was "absolutely disgraceful" and thanked the police for acting swiftly. 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[440], In October 2019, following bilateral talks between Johnson and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar,[441] the UK and EU agreed to a revised deal, which replaced the backstop with a new Northern Ireland Protocol. [264][265] Similarly, his claim that Metropolitan Police numbers had increased was characterised as untrue,[264] but the fact-checkers at Full Fact felt that both Johnson's and his critics' positions are defensible. [279] [833] Their son, Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson,[834] was born on 29April 2020 at University College Hospital in London. The three words Boris Johnson said when he heard Vladimir Putin had invaded Ukraine have been revealed. [238] In November 2013, Johnson announced major changes to the operation of London Underground, including the extension of operating hours to run through the night at weekends. [817] Five weeks later, Wheeler and Johnson's first child was born. [632] It was further reported on 6 July that Johnson could face another confidence vote, with members of the 1922 Committee considering changing the rules as soon as that evening to allow this to happen. [504][505], The Johnson ministry has been accused of cronyism in their assignment of contracts related to the pandemic response. [619][620] On 26 June 2022 Johnson said: "At the moment I'm thinking actively about the third term and what could happen then, but I will review that when I get to it." He has deliberately misled the British people at every turn. [400] A victim, anti-abuse organisations, a police chief and Shadow police minister Louise Haigh strongly criticised this. [212], During the electoral campaign, Johnson had confided to Brian Paddick he was unsure how he would maintain his lifestyle while relying upon the mayoral salary of 140,000 a year. [789] Johnson has a knowledge of French, Italian, German, Spanish,[91] Latin, and Ancient Greek,[790] frequently employing and alluding to classical references in both his newspaper columns and his speeches. " I feel Jewish when I feel the Jewish people are threatened or under attack, that's when it sort of comes out," Johnson said. [234] He reversed several measures implemented by Livingstone's administration, ending the city's oil deal with Venezuela, abolishing The Londoner newsletter, and scrapping the half-yearly inspections of black cabs, which was reinstated three years later. The UK Prime Minister, whose full name is Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, comes from a fairly diverse background: his father's ancestry includes Turkish as well as European origins . 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