Sacked Boris 'will bounce back'

BBC ^ | Monday, 15 November, 2004, 02:32 GMT | staff writer

[SunkenCiv]

Mr Johnson, who edits the Spectator magazine, was sacked by Tory leader Michael Howard for lying about claims he had an affair with a columnist... Mr Johnson's father and prospective Tory candidate, Stanley, said: "There is one thing you can be quite certain of - this is not the end of his political career." David Crossman, chair of the South Oxfordshire Conservative Association, said in a statement: "This does not affect his position as our Member of Parliament... Mr Johnson was embroiled in controversy last month when a Spectator editorial accused Liverpudlians of wallowing in grief over the murder in Iraq of engineer Ken Bigley.

[SunkenCiv]

Hey, this story doesn't exist for another two hours...

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[SunkenCiv]

I get the impression that this guy's a loose cannon.

Analysis: Johnson's fate was sealed
by Nick Assinder
Sunday, 14 November, 2004, 11:16 GMT
BBC

There had long been gossip in Westminster about Mr Johnson's private life - to the point where Tory bosses were beginning to get nervous. The last thing Mr Howard wants in the run up to the next general election is any reminder of the sleaze rows that erupted around John Major and did so much to harm the party in the 1990s.

[GeronL]

The man should resign from the SPECTATOR also