Boris Johnson

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964 in New York City), better known as Boris Johnson, is a British Conservative politician and journalist. He is Member of Parliament for Henley, edits The Spectator and writes a weekly column for The Daily Telegraph newspaper.

Politics

In 2001, Johnson became MP for Henley-on-Thames, succeeding the outgoing Michael Heseltine. He had previously been unsuccessful in winning Clwyd South in 1997. In 2004 he was appointed to the frontbench as Shadow Minister for the Arts, part of the Shadow Department of Home Affairs and of the Labour government's Department for Culture, Media and Sport. This was part of a small reshuffle resulting from the resignation of the shadow home affairs spokesman, Nick Hawkins. He was also a Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party, with emphasis on campaigning.

Related Topics:
Henley-on-Thames - Michael Heseltine - 1997 - Department of Home Affairs - Department for Culture, Media and Sport - Nick Hawkins

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Johnson was dismissed from these high-profile posts in November 2004 over accusations that he lied about having a four-year extramarital affair with Petronella Wyatt, the "Spectator's" New York correspondent and former deputy editor. Johnson derided these allegations as "an inverted pyramid of piffle", but Howard stated that he sacked Johnson because he believed press reports showed that Johnson had lied in this denial of the affair, rather than for the affair itself.

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