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Mayor Boris Johnson in F-word tirade
Nicholas Cecil, Chief Political Correspondent12 Feb 2009
Boris Johnson launched a furious F-word attack against a senior MP in a telephone call.
The Mayor of London also accused Labour MP Keith Vaz, chairman of the all-party Commons home affairs committee, of "bullshit", say sources.
The two men clashed over the accuracy of evidence given by Mr Johnson over when he first spoke to Tory leader David Cameron about the arrest of shadow immigration minister Damian Green during a police leak inquiry.
The Mayor used the F-word 10 times, according to minutes of their conversation allegedly taken and later circulated to committee members.
However, Mr Johnson's aides said he had used the F-word no more than two or three times. They also stressed that the Mayor had regarded the talks as private.
The minutes allegedly taken of the phone conversation the two of them had between 7.10pm and 7.25pm on 4 February, were passed around to committee members.
Some of the members were so stunned by the Mayor's language and his attitude towards Mr Vaz and the committee, that they wrote down some of the most colourful phrases.
Mr Johnson was spitting with rage — saying he was "so f***ing angry" — that a member of the committee had gone on TV suggesting the Mayor would be recalled to give evidence a second time because of apparent discrepancies over when he talked to the Tory leader, according to the minutes.
Mr Johnson allegedly stormed at Mr Vaz: "I used to think that you were a straight guy. A man that you could do business with. This is f***ing ridiculous."
This was disputed by Mr Johnson aides.
Mr Vaz is then believed to have challenged the Mayor over how prepared he was for the committee hearing, last Monday during the snow chaos in London, but Mr Johnson told him: "I f***ing warned you beforehand that I would not be very good on details."
The Mayor's office stressed he had said he could not give too much detail because of other inquiries into his conduct. Mr Vaz is understood to have been keen to make clear that he wanted to swiftly conclude the committee's inquiry into the alleged leaks from the Home Office.
Mr Johnson, who is chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority, could face a Standards Board inquiry into his conduct during the Damian Green arrest affair.
When he gave evidence on 3 February, Mr Johnson told the MPs that he first spoke to Mr Cameron about the arrest of Mr Green at 3pm at a memorial ceremony for Damilola Taylor at Southwark Cathedral.
However, immediately after the hearing the Mayor admitted to Mr Vaz that he had discussed the issue with the Tory leader at lunchtime.
Mr Vaz wrote to the Mayor this week, voicing the committee's "deep concerns" over his apparently contradictory evidence and urging him to clarify it. In his letter, he claimed that Mr Johnson had given "no fewer than four different accounts" of his contact with Mr Cameron.
He added in the letter, which was said to have been unanimously approved by the cross-party committee, that the MPs were concerned about Mr Johnson's apparent lack of preparation for his appearance before them and the level of "respect and courtesy" he showed in providing evidence and in later letters.
Mr Green was arrested at around 1.45pm on November 27 last year. In reply to Mr Vaz, Mr Johnson sent a letter saying that having consulted his phone records, he can now confirm that he spoke to Mr Cameron at 1.59pm that day.
The Mayor's office said Mr Johnson had made every effort to answer the committee's queries promptly, and regarded it as "unfortunate" that Mr Vaz had publicly suggested he was being unco-operative.
A spokesman for the Mayor's office: "It was a long and difficult conversation which the Mayor regarded as private."
Mr Johnson said he was "unbelievably disappointed" at his treatment. He had tried to be as helpful as possible.
'You're trying to make me look like a f***ing fool'
Key extracts from Mayor Boris Johnson's alleged foul-mouthed rant at Keith Vaz, chairman of the Commons home affairs committee*:
"I used to think that you were a straight guy. A man that you could do business with. This is f***ing ridiculous."
"You have gone on television and connived to try to give the impression that I f***ing tipped off David Cameron."
"You are trying to make me look like a f***ing fool.
"I cannot believe that you have allowed the (committee) to become a part of this. This is such f***ing bullshit."
"I f***ing warned you beforehand that I would not be very good on details."
"I have been asked endlessly about phone conversations with Paul Stephenson but calls with Cameron were completely f***ing irrelevant."
"You have behaved in an unbelievably naked partisan way...f***ing smear tactics from the Labour Party."
"The key point that is not getting across - I didn't give any f***ing information to Cameron."
Mr Johnson also says he was so "f***ing angry".
* According to minutes reportedly taken of the phone conversation between Mr Johnson and Mr Vaz on 4 February.
Reader views (121)
The Mayor for London should Resign.
- Mr Grunt, London, 13/05/2009 10:43
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This continuous vendetta against Boris Johnson - the best Mayor London is ever likely to have - is clearly
from the left wing - who would obviously like to see Red Ken back in the job.
- Hector Quine, Colchester. Essex. London, 05/03/2009 15:36
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The conversation took place at 7.30pm when Boris was entitled to be relaxed and winding down. I am more concerned about the possibility that Vaz illegaly recorded the conversation.
- Paul O'Rourke, Rochester UK, 16/02/2009 08:15
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As my old gran would say "Boris needs to wash his mouth out with soap and water" Perhaps GLA Members can hand him bars of Carbolic soap at their next meeting!
The best thing for London would be for Boris to follow his own words and .... Off!
Just goes to show the filth that public school education produces where even royal princes have to go on diversity courses. Never had that problem at Secondary Modern Skools. Granny saw to that!!
- Melvyn Windebank, Canvey Island, Essex, 15/02/2009 16:15
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Good for you Boris i think you are great.
- Linda Reynolds, Middx UK, 12/02/2009 17:27
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Well done Boris, I fully support your actions, which really were very mild.
- Ronald Carvlho, Presntly Abroad, 12/02/2009 17:16
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Good on Boris for saying exactly what most people think about this vicious investigation. Vaz should be ashamed of himself.
- Fl, London, 12/02/2009 16:48
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Boris looking like a fool. I don't believe it.
- Mick, London, England, 12/02/2009 16:44
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So Keith never swears? And pigs fly!
Boris was not trying to interfere in a third party case, which is so much more reprehensible.
If Vaz objected, then he should have said so and not been the sneak that he obviously is to try and score points.
- Hugh, Middx, 12/02/2009 16:43
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Who recorded this and published it? Is it not an offence to do this?
Sounds like another dirty trick from the ruling elite.
- Ann Davies, Redditch, 12/02/2009 16:30
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Maybe he was hoping for some hush money from Boris and didn't get any?
- Tom, Watford (UK), 12/02/2009 16:24
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An honest, straght talking politician that says what he thinks and does what he says, now there is a VERY rare sight!
Good on ya Boris - Long may you reign!!
- Andi-M, London UK, 12/02/2009 16:24
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Give us a break who does this pipsqueak VAZ think he is a jobsworth that is all he is and a jumped up one at that Roll on the election
- Roz, Durham UK, 12/02/2009 16:23
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How Keith Vaz is still has a job in politics is baffling. This is the man, remember, who:
•led a protest against the publication of Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses
•wrote in The Guardian that "there is no such thing as absolute freedom of speech"
•suggested that an IRA bomb detonated in Leicester might have been planted by the British army
•was suspended from the House of Commons for one month after an inquiry found that he had made false allegations against a former policewoman.
•was deemed by the inquiry's report to have "committed serious breaches of the Code of Conduct and showed contempt for the House"
Compared to our Keith, Boris is a saint - swear words and all!
- Dave, London, UK, 12/02/2009 16:22
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I'd be reduced to spluttering expletives if my integrity was questioned by the oleaginous Keith Vaz.
- Rexie, London, 12/02/2009 16:20
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boris is turning out to be the disaster some people forcast, a toff with a potty mouth, michael howard sacked him once over his lies and deception, it appears nothing has changed since with him.
- James, west glamorgan, 12/02/2009 16:12
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Good on you Boris. I would have gone round to his house and sorted him out. What a creep!!
- Brian Gare, Norfolk Gorleston, 12/02/2009 16:09
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I LOVE Boris !
- Jake Casablanca, London, 12/02/2009 16:06
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Vaz is a complete slimeball. Good on you Boris.
- Tom, Cardiff , Wales, 12/02/2009 16:01
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"I used to think that you were a straight guy"
Vaz. Honest? Now that is funny.
- Andy C, Ex-London, 12/02/2009 16:01
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Well done Boris! keep it up - we are all with you and not that creep Vaz!!
- Paul - London, London, 12/02/2009 15:59
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All I know is that 25% of my council tax ends up at City Hall, supporting, yet another gravy train of well padded and highly paid bureaucrats. Do we really need another layer of political yobs along with MEP's, MP's and local councillors, specially when all we get is school boy confrontations and back stabbing. Off with their heads I say and down with their ego's and inflated self opinions and expense accounts. London ran OK for hundreds of years, without a Mayor.
- Bondy, london, 12/02/2009 15:45
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good on ya Boris.....Keith Vaz, a dodgy little man with shadey legal friends. He should try and set someone up ???
I think he should stay in that little hole he has for himself in Westminster and hide in case the daily mail catches up with him again.
- James Donnelly, london, 12/02/2009 15:45
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Your took the words right out of my mouth Boris. I Would give a fortune to speak to Vaz.
- Roger, Surrey, 12/02/2009 15:44
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Good for you Boris! I hear kids in the street saying the f word all the time: it's just a common swear word now. If the committee members were stunned then that shows how out of touch they are and full of empty airs and graces. Keith Vaz comes across as thinking rather a lot of himself: his self-important demeanour is enough to make anyone swear. You tell em Boris, you have my support.
- Janet, London, UK, 12/02/2009 15:38
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Nice one, Boris
- Tony Gee, London, 12/02/2009 15:34
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Sounds ok to me!
- Serox, London, 12/02/2009 15:27
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We shouldn't know what Boris said as it was supposed to be a private conversation. Vas is a snake and if most of us had been confronted with his perfidy would have expressed ourselves in similar or stranger terms. Come the election, Vas will go.
Go Boris
- Kiwi Expat, London, UK, 12/02/2009 15:23
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I wonder how many of these people, criticising Boris for "supposedly" bringing the office into disrepute, felt so aggrieved when the former mayor accused a standard reporter of being like a concentration camp guard?
- Scott, London, 12/02/2009 15:23
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Well done Boris! About time someone had a good rant at the slimmy corrupt Labour Party.
- Anon, London, 12/02/2009 15:23
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Full marks to Boris; he can see the truth and goes for it. The situation of 'private' conversations is becoming farcical in the UK (ie the 'Golly' incident in the BBC)-do people really want a society in which everyone is scared in in their own houses to express an opinion-if so-totalitarian state here we come? Mind you, Gordon and his 'Stazi' cronies have set the ball rolling to achieve such a system, should they have their way.
- Jon Kent, Hertford. UK, 12/02/2009 15:23
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Keith Vaz would make a saint swear.
Good for you Boris, we desperately need people like you in politics, and not the puppets that dance to Crash Gordon's tune.
- Denise, London UK, 12/02/2009 15:19
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I'm not a fan of Boris but I support him in his foul mouth tirade of Vaz.
- Frank, ex-England, 12/02/2009 15:17
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Go Boris Go!
- Rollo, London, 12/02/2009 15:16
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Well done Boris. The more I hear about this man, the more I'm glad I voted for him - even though it was an "anyone but Ken" vote.
- Maire, London, 12/02/2009 15:16
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If I had the dubious honour to speak to a Labour politician I'd be swearing too. Never has there been such a bunch of money grabbing, lying, cheating, self-obsessed champagne socialists.
- Nick, Kennington, 12/02/2009 15:07
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Good for you Boris, I would love the opportunity to use a few ripe words to Vaz and the rest of the Labour idiots who have destroyed our society and this country.
- Frank, Home Counties, England., 12/02/2009 15:00
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With Boris' language he could easily get a multi-million pound job with the BBC. That's the preferred BBC language these days - Ross, brand, Fry etc.
- Sally70, Bedford, 12/02/2009 14:58
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Snide, underhand, self-serving Labour!
Well done Boris. Saying what a lot of the country would like to say to members of that party!
General Election NOW!
- Colin Austen, London, 12/02/2009 14:50
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Vaz is hardly the most credible of politicians, even allowing for the remarkable drop in standards over the past decade! Bearing in mind his association with dodgy ethnic senior policemen, and, lawyers acting on their behalf, you would at least have to question his motives!
- Kevin Sullivan, Roehampton, London., 12/02/2009 14:47
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Oh dear,
I hope Boris doesn't need to buy any dodgy passports in the near future...
- Old Holborn, Britistan, 12/02/2009 14:38
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Go on, Boris! It is OUR right in this society to be able to bend the facts & be 'economical with the truth' in order to protect our public-schoolboy chums...
The sooner the likes of Keith Vaz & the all the other plebs understand the privileges afforded the ruling class the better. Of course, Boris called Cameron to warn him about Damian Green - what chum wouldn't. Now let's see Vaz prove THAT!
- Mike Kennedy, London, UK, 12/02/2009 14:35
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The sanctimonious individual probably deserved it!
- Stuart, UK, 12/02/2009 14:35
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The snide and slimy leaking of a private telephone conversation is no more than we have come to expect from Mr Vaz. He degrades and devalues his position as chairman of a select committee.
He also fully justifies and substantiates Mr Johnson's suspicion that Vaz is trying to run a smear campaign.
I wouldn't trust Vaz if he told me night followed day.
Did he record this conversation, without telling Johnson, isn't that an offence?
- An Ex-Apprentice, Peterborough UK, 12/02/2009 14:30
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Good to see a politician speaking his mind and speaking it strongly when faced with subterfuge, petty slander, spin and back stabbing so typical of this labour government.
- Bruce, London, 12/02/2009 14:23
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Is this so called "Lord Mayor" of London acting the part of being a fool or is he really one. People have been dropped from TV shows for less so he should be sacked right away. Come back KEN.
- Awesome Geronimo, Leeds UK, 12/02/2009 14:18
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Swearing tends to be the refuge of those who do not have adequate vocabulary. That is certainly no the case with Boris. I don't approve of swearing, but in this case... it couldn't have happened to a nicer person. Keith Vaz is the slimiest of politicians and would probably step on his grandmother to get to the limelight.
- Beatriz, London, 12/02/2009 14:17
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Is this so called "Lord Mayor" of London acting the part of being a fool or is he really one. People have been dropped from TV shows for less so he should be sacked right away. Come back KEN.
- Awesome Geronimo, Leeds UK, 12/02/2009 14:15
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I voted for Boris. This wouldn't stop me voting for him again: but it is, to say the least, purile behaviour (no matter what the provocation). If it had been some Sun reader it would, rightly, have been condemned as the rant of someone of low intellgience, lacking in eloquence, "intent" on murdering the English language. Boris has slipped up badly just lately; please pull your socks up if you want to retain public confidence.
- Alan, London, 12/02/2009 14:14
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When Labour can't win the argument they smear their opponents to undermine them.
- Ian, London, 12/02/2009 14:13
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How could Boris think Keith Vaz a'straight' guy. One you could do business with, yes, absolutely. Just ask the Hindujas. Or that lawyer...Or Geoff Hoon...
- Simon, W London, 12/02/2009 14:04
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I would find it helpful to be reminded of the details of Vaz's appalling poitical career. Could the ES help?
- David, London, 12/02/2009 13:50
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What a shabby, shabby Mayor
Shabby dresser
Shabby grooming
Shabby language
Shabby grasp of details
What a fine man we've picked to represent the best Capital city in the world.
As Arnie said, "this guy's all over the place".
- Fresh, London, 12/02/2009 13:50
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At least Boris didn't refer to Keith Vaz as a Concentration Camp Guard or tell him to "go back to Iran and try his luck with the Ayatollahs?" as the previous incumbent did.
- Marc, Harrow, UK, 12/02/2009 13:48
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Well Labour fans, will you also be demanding the Prime Minister steps down given that Gordon Brown is absolutely NOTORIOUS for his tirades?
- Kevin T, Beckenham, 12/02/2009 13:47
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Boris's language is not PC ..... Good.
....... and Vaz comes across as inherently sleezy anyway, dealing with him would be enough to make anybody swear.
- Dave Morris, Sunderland, 12/02/2009 13:47
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The last time I heard of Vaz he was being investigated for something,is this still on the books ?,
Well done Boris Johnson a real peoples Mayor.!!!
- David,Chertsey, Chertsey.UK., 12/02/2009 13:45
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Good for you Boris, I admire and respect you because you speak your mind. Keith Vaz is nothing but a complete waste of space. Back in India Keith Vaz has a pathetic reputation.
- Raj Patel, london, uk, 12/02/2009 13:44
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Good on you Boris, you have my full support, tell this Government what to do with itself.
- Kuldip, London, UK, 12/02/2009 13:39
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boris is a great guy and is what london needs, no pc rubbish from him, a regular straightforward guy.
- Adrian Head, sandy , england, 12/02/2009 13:36
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When it comes to greasy Vaz-eline, Boris is speaking for and on behalf of this nation, F-word or not.
- Tom, St. Albans, 12/02/2009 13:34
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Typical Labour all sensibilities and no sense.
- Allison, Midlands England, 12/02/2009 13:32
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I would trust the Tories over Nu Labour anytime!
- Mark Burton, St. Ives Cambs, 12/02/2009 13:30
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No Helmet. Good example to other cyclists.
- Mike, Herts, 12/02/2009 13:29
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Trust the tacky Vaz to leak a private conversation.He must be one of the least likeable MPs (& there is some competition!!)in the UK.Corkscrew Vaz soon to receive his reward from the Brown hierarchy.
- P Doff, audierne france, 12/02/2009 13:28
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Good on Boris! If I was him I would also be firing the person that released the transcripts of his private call immediatley, as they is a traitor working in his office.
- Nick Nack Paddy Mac, Kilburn, London UK, 12/02/2009 13:28
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The point is Boris Johnson is simply too big a man to indulge in the petty nonsense the already discredited Vaz and the rest indulge in as a way of life. Don't let's forget the sacred committee are all MPs with their snouts in the trough. They remind me of jackals or hyenas packed together to bring down a larger animal. Boris's impatience is caused by the fact he lives in the real world - the world we the voters live in - while the despicable Vaz et al exist in a subterranean world of sleaze where the only way they can get their way is by petty, underhand, niggling carping. Go to it, Boris. You're a breath of fresh air in that foul environment.
- Js, London, 12/02/2009 13:28
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Keith Vaz is enough to make a Saint swear. He is a useless snivelling scrounging pot-stirrer. Boris Johnson was remarkably restrained.
- Anglo, Sussex England, 12/02/2009 13:27
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The longer this buffoon remains as mayor, the more damage he does to London.
- John Buckeridge, London, 12/02/2009 13:26
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Hurray for Boris. Keith Vaz is so irritating, a saint would swear.
- Jilly, London, 12/02/2009 13:26
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Do we care about his colourful language? Surely the real issue is whether what he says about Keith 'British-Jobs-for-British-Workers-is-too-Fascist' Vaz is true?
I hope all the holier-than-thou Nimbies aren't going to pretend they don't swear when they're annoyed: you know - the kind of people that secretly take 'minutes' of private telephone conversations . . .
- Roz, Chamonix, France, 12/02/2009 13:25
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YeeeeH!!! At last a politician who can show genuine anger at the lying spinning corrupt useless government toadies who are looking for any diversion from the economic situation to try to some high moral ground.
Hold on! High moral ground? Keith Vaz? Ha Ha
Now let's see Cameron show some of this passion in his exchanges with Brown, and grind
YeeeeH!!! At last some passion in politics!
Go get 'em Boris, then have a quiet word with David and see if you can instil some excitment there, instead of the careful measured almost apologetic way he deals with Brown!
Wouldn't anyone lose it having Keith Vaz of all people trying to take some high moral ground?
I mean, with his track record? he feels he can lecture someone else about honesty?
- Ronnie, Brantome France, 12/02/2009 13:24
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"it is clear the Conservative Party can't be trusted by the British people."
It's clear that a dishonest person such as Vaz should not be on any committee, it makes a mockery of democracy!!
- G S Randall, hatfield, hertfordshire, 12/02/2009 13:23
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Give it to him with both barrels Boris!!
- Mark Burton, St. Ives Cambs, 12/02/2009 13:22
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Anyway these committee members of all parties, are a waste of time, and full of failed politicians trying to look important and justify their existance.
- John, Eastbourne, 12/02/2009 13:22
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Vaz and the whole labour party machine that is trying to manipulate its way out of their disgraceful behaviour to a fellow MP, should be seen for what they are and thrown out!
- Richard, London, 12/02/2009 13:21
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You could argue that Boris should not swear so much, but I don't blame him after essentially being stabbed in the back by a committee member. This is just Labours way of trying to undermine Johnson. Good Luck to you Son. You need it with colleagues like that......
- Richard, London, 12/02/2009 13:20
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Boris, Keith Vaz didn't try to make you look like a fool, God beat him to it.
- R Pitts, Dulwich England, 12/02/2009 13:18
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The amazing thing is that before all this Boris seems to have believed Vaz was straightforward. Where on earth could he have got that daft idea?
- Alfred T Mahan, United Kingdom, 12/02/2009 13:17
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Not that I like Boris Johnson, but what is this sudden obsession the media has with swearing? We've all always done it!
- D Woodstock, London, 12/02/2009 13:17
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Boris, be careful. A lot is resting on your shoulders. You have my - and many others - full support but remember the daft Orwellian society we now live in. Vaz and his labour cohorts are of course idiots as we all know and deserve no resect but let them do the messing up, not you.... frustrating and irritating as it is. Public life is also never private, even when private.
- Gr, London, 12/02/2009 13:15
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Keith Price from Luton. I hope your comment was meant to be lighthearted. What on earth has swearing got to do with trust???
- Malcolm, London, 12/02/2009 13:14
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to Keith Vaz, I would say "let he who is without sin
cast the first stone" o'pp's that a quote from the
bible.
- Noel Coleman, carlisle, england, 12/02/2009 13:10
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He may turn out the biggest mistake London voters have made, or prove to be the best, but give the guy 2-3 years to prove himself.
- John, Eastbourne, 12/02/2009 13:09
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Go Boris! It's what I like about him - that he doesn't speak fake nonsensical politician speak.
PS Marianne from SW France and Roz (frequent poster) from Chamonix - are you very homesick? Just wondered why you comment on events in London so very often!
- Lewis, London, 12/02/2009 13:02
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I agree let Boris ruin London in peace if he can manage it.
- R Pitts, Dulwich England, 12/02/2009 13:01
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Good for you Boris.
- Scott Allan, canterbury kent, 12/02/2009 12:55
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Good on you, Boris
- Don Hurley, London, England, 12/02/2009 12:55
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Boris should not swear so much but it's not a crime.
- Charles, London, 12/02/2009 12:42
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I voted for Boris, and would like to say.. good for you! Labour will of course have their Guns out for Boris, long may he reign.
- Sukh, London, 12/02/2009 12:42
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Is protocol something that we no longer adhere to in public office?...And for all the Boris supporters here...yes...you can speak your mind BUT within the vestitudes of your professional capacity...most people (myself included) swear when not speaking to a colleague but you seem to think that should be allowed.
- Ali Sichilongo, London, 12/02/2009 12:38
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A politician with passion and fire in his belly, well done Boris.
- Mark, Bournemouth England, 12/02/2009 12:29
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Someone trying to make Boris look a fool? he does that often enough himself he doesn't need any help.
- Mike Melbourne, Bedford England, 12/02/2009 12:26
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Bully for Boris, I think I would be the same with Vaz.
- William Staines, London, 12/02/2009 12:25
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How he behaves with his chums in private is up to him. But even he must realise that he brings the city he represents and the office he holds into disrepute by how he is seen in public.
- Barrie, essex UK, 12/02/2009 12:17
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You go for it Boris, good on yer.
- Ros, London UK, 12/02/2009 12:07
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You swear as much as you want Boris, say it like it is, you still have my support 100%.
- Steve, London, 12/02/2009 12:04
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This public leaking of small snippets of private conversations is pathetic. If you don't like a person's language tell them at the time, don't release it to the press and try and smear them with your delayed sensitivities. These are such unimportant issues and blatantly desperate attempts at harming a person's reputation.
- Stephen, London, 12/02/2009 12:00
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Good to see the mayor is speaking his mind, I voted for him because he doesnt act like all the other politicians who dont listen to what anyone has to say, Boris may not have the knowledge but at least he tries to action what we the people want
- Graham, London, 12/02/2009 11:59
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This storm in a teacup should be seen for what it is; a red herring to distract the public from Labour's abysmal economic record.
- Jeremiah, London, 12/02/2009 11:59
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Boris seems well within his rights to be angry.
- Scott, London, 12/02/2009 11:57
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Boris stick it to him, a private conversation means what it says on the tin.
- James, belfast /northern ireland, 12/02/2009 11:56
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I suppose swearing will be made a criminal offence soon.
One more bit of fun they'll take off us!
- Sarah Bradshaw, Enfield, Middx, 12/02/2009 11:24
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Boris uses the f-word. So what. Most of us do when angry. Some do as part of normal conversation. He's human. Get over it.
- Marc, Harrow, UK, 12/02/2009 11:22
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Leave Boris alone, let him run London in peace.
- Rasheed, Edgware, 12/02/2009 11:22
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Good for Boris.
- Keith Price, Luton, England, 12/02/2009 11:19
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point scoring among politicians brings the whole process into disrepute and illuminates nothing.
- Maurice Bennett, curtain bluff antigua, 12/02/2009 11:18
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Total sympathy with Boris.
- Sandy, Ealing, UK, 12/02/2009 11:04
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I don't understand what the problem is. Everything the Mayor said sounds perfectly reasonable to me.
- Chris, Farnham, UK, 12/02/2009 11:03
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Why should Mr Johnson get spelling attention? You should hear what the rest of the British population have to say about Labour MPs! It ain't pretty.
- Marianne, SW France, 12/02/2009 10:57
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Please Boris, for the sake of London's reputation, just go.
- Charlie, Soho, London, 12/02/2009 10:55
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Go Boris! We elected you to speak your mind.
- Sallyr, London, UK, 12/02/2009 10:48
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Why would anyone have dealings with Mr Vaz given his frequent negative appearances in the media?
- Dave Davies, Basingstoke, 12/02/2009 10:45
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Good on you, Boris.
- David, London, 12/02/2009 10:43
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Well done Boris.
- Philip Smith, seaford, 12/02/2009 10:31
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Go BoJo! Sock it to him Bozza!
- Neil M., london uk,, 12/02/2009 10:27
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It's quite incredible this man is STILL in Parliament. What a disgrace.
- Tuff Tookas, London, UK, 12/02/2009 10:25
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Let's call an election asap!
- Haskey, London, 12/02/2009 10:23
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1) I find it pretty sinister that there appears to be so many people involved in London politics more interested in damaging Boris than helping Londoners – I don’t know how they can look at themselves in the mirror
2) I am much more interested in hearing about what Boris is going to do make London cleaner and tidier than what his involvement was with the arrest of Damian Green
3) Keith Vaz is someone who has previously stated that “there is no such thing as absolute freedom of speech” in relation to his protests
In short, people involved in London politics should make it clear to their electorate whether their priority is to improve London or to spend all of their time attacking Boris and let us choose whether or not to re-elect them, and Keith Vaz is someone who in my opinion has no right to judge others and I cannot for the life of me understand how or why he has been appointed as the head of this “investigation” (which appears to be little more than a smear campaign against Boris and an attempt to deflect attention from the aborrhent way in which Crash Gordon and his gang failed to perform their duties during Mr Green’s arrest).
- St, London, 12/02/2009 10:13
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Go Boris!
- Giles Pepperell, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales, 12/02/2009 10:04
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Perfectly reasonable behaviour.
- Mark, South East London, 12/02/2009 09:55
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