Boris Johnson

Member of Parlament (2001-08; 2015-). Mayor of London (2008-16). Prime minister (since 2019).

27 articles

Boris Johnson statement on the situation in Ukraine

by Boris Johnson

London (United Kingdom) | 22 February 2022

Thank you Mr Speaker,
With permission I will make a statement about the situation in Ukraine.
Last night, President Putin flagrantly violated the Minsk peace agreements by recognising the supposed independence of the so-called “People’s Republics” of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine. (...)

Biden, Morrison & Johnson Announcing the Creation of AUKUS

by Boris Johnson , Joseph R. Biden Jr. , Scott Morrison

15 September 2021

PRIME MINISTER MORRISON: Well, good morning from Australia. I’m very pleased to join two great friends of freedom and of Australia: Prime Minister Johnson and President Biden.
Today, we join our nations in a next-generation partnership built on a strong foundation of proven trust.
We (...)

Boris Johnson Statement on AUKUS

by Boris Johnson

15 September 2021

I’m delighted to join President Biden and Prime Minister Morrison to announce that the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States are creating a new trilateral defence partnership, known as AUKUS, with the aim of working hand-in-glove to preserve security and stability in the (...)

Boris Johnson statement to the House of Commons on the Integrated Review

by Boris Johnson

London (United Kingdom) | 16 March 2021

Mr Speaker, with permission I will make a statement on the government’s Integrated Review of security, defence, development and foreign policy, which we are publishing today.
The overriding purpose of this Review - the most comprehensive since the Cold War – is to make the United Kingdom (...)

Boris Johnson Statement to the House on the Integrated Review

by Boris Johnson

London (United Kingdom) | 19 November 2020

Mr Speaker, thank you and with permission, I will update the House on the Government’s Integrated Review of foreign, defence, security and development policy.
Our Review will conclude early next year, setting out the UK’s international agenda,
but I want to inform the House of its first (...)

Boris Johnson’s speech in Greenwich

by Boris Johnson

London (United Kingdom) | 3 February 2020

It is great to welcome everyone here to Greenwich and I invite you first to raise your eyes to the heavens.
The Vatican has Michelangelo.
Greenwich has Thornhill who spent 20 years flat on his back on top of the scaffolding, so rigid that his arm became permanently wonky, and he’s left us (...)

Boris Johnson letter to Donald Tusk

by Boris Johnson

London (United Kingdom) | 19 October 2019

DearDonald
It was good to see you again at the European Council this week where we agreed the historic new deal to permit the orderly withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 31 October. I am deeply grateful to you, President Juncker and to all my fellow European (...)

Boris Johnson’s letter to the House of Commons

by Boris Johnson

London (United Kingdom) | 28 August 2019

Dear Colleague,
I hope that you had an enjoyable and productive summer recess, with the opportunity for some rest ahead of the return of the House.
I wanted to take this opportunity to update you on the Government’s plans for its business in Parliament.
As you know, for some time (...)

Boris Johnson’s keynote speech at the Paris conference to fight against impunity for the use of chemical weapons

by Boris Johnson

Paris (France) | 25 May 2018

I’m grateful to the French Chair of the Partnership for convening this important meeting.
We gather at a moment when the rules that guarantee the security of every country – including the global ban on chemical weapons – are gravely imperilled.
Almost a century ago, the world united to (...)

Boris Johnson responds to reports of chemical weapons attack in Douma

by Boris Johnson

London (United Kingdom) | 8 April 2018

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said:
– Reports of a large scale chemical weapons attack in Douma on Saturday causing high numbers of casualties are deeply disturbing. It is truly horrific to think that many of the victims were reportedly families seeking refuge from airstrikes in (...)

Boris Johnson’s Mansion House speech at the Lord Mayor’s Easter Banquet 2018

by Boris Johnson

London (United Kingdom) | 29 March 2018

My Lord Mayor, Your Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen.
I’m going to talk about Britain’s global role and our work with our allies around the world but I turn first to the events of this remarkable week because never before has there been a collective expulsion of Russian diplomats on the (...)

West takes a stand to halt reckless ambitions

by Boris Johnson

London (United Kingdom) | 27 March 2018

Never before have so many countries come together to expel Russian diplomats. By last night, the total stood at more than 20 nations collectively deciding to remove more than 100 Kremlin officials. In the process these allies of Britain have consciously placed themselves at risk of (...)

Oral evidence from Boris Johnson at the House of Commons

by Boris Johnson

London (United Kingdom) | 21 March 2018

http://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/6dc3630c-5163-4ccf-9631-21d72b88979b

“Putin’s sinister threats and lies extend far beyond his own country”

by Boris Johnson

London (United Kingdom) | 20 March 2018

To understand why 3 people lie stricken in Salisbury, look at Vladimir Putin’s actions inside Russia.
Yesterday he was proclaimed the winner of an election that resembled a coronation, complete with a triumphant ceremony outside the walls of the Kremlin. Mr Putin’s leading opponent had (...)

Boris Johnson and Jens Stoltenberg Joint press point

by Boris Johnson , Jens Stoltenberg

Brussels (Belgium) | 19 March 2018

Jens Stoltenberg: [NATO Secretary General] : Foreign Secretary Johnson, my friend Boris,
Welcome to the NATO Headquarters and it’s really a pleasure to meet you today, here, and thank you also for updating me on the latest developments in the Salisbury investigation.
The attack in (...)

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