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"He was my knight on a shining bicycle"

memebake — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:04:41 -0800

Franny Armstrong is the director of McLibel, The Age of Stupid, and founder of the 10:10 campaign, which aims to cut 10% of carbon emissions in 2010. She was walking through Camden, North London, on Monday night, when a group of young girls pushed her against a car. One of them was armed with a metre-long iron bar. She called for help from a passing cyclist ... who turned out to be Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London.

"... I said, 'That's the mayor of London!' and they ran off. They must have thought they were going to get in trouble. One dropped the bar, so Boris picked it up and cycled after them. He returned a few minutes later and walked me home, and we talked about 10:10."

Boris is not known for being particularly sympathetic to environmental views (see If you want to be green – kill a cow and Boris cuts environmental team by half). And Franny voted for Boris' rival Ken Livingstone in the last Mayoral elections, although she concedes "If you find yourself down a dark alleyway and in trouble, I think Boris would be of more use than Ken.". But is there a possibility this chance meeting could have a lasting political effect? Boris and Franny's twitter feeds show that Boris agreed to personally join the 10:10 campaign.

Boris Johnson - War criminal

patricio — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:47:33 -0800

"the circumstances in which I came by this object were so morally ambiguous that I cannot quite think of it as theft." Boris Johnson, mayor of London, a war criminal?

Boris is GEIL

MrMustard — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:20:57 -0800

It's Boris. London has elected Boris Johnson as its new mayor.

Boris Johnson for mayor?

bwerdmuller — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:18:32 -0800

Stop Boris Johnson ? Boris Johnson is the Conservative candidate for the Mayor of London this May, running against Ken Livingstone. The public generally know him for his apparently likeable bumbling persona, for example on Have I Got News For You, but there is another side ...

Boris Johnson's Mayoral application form

nthdegx — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:02:46 -0800

Examples of challenges faced: "Negotiating Hyde Park corner by bicycle. Outcome: survival." This and more from Boris Johnson's London Mayoral candidacy application [PDF] to the Conservative Party. thelondonpaper is not impressed that he submitted a handwritten form.

Bojo fo' Lo' M'o'

nthdegx — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:46:58 -0800

"Even the greatest cities have further greatness in them. I will stand for a greater London and for putting the smile back on London's face." Boris Johnson announces his candidacy for Mayor of London, though he is yet to be endorsed by the Conservative Party. Though decidedly right wing in his views (this clip, perhaps more than any other summarises his view on Europe, for example) his very English brand of buffoonery lends him unique appeal (though not universally).