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Top 10 Facts About Boris Johnson Uk’s New Prime Minister by Factgist: 2:04pm On Jul 23, 2019
The former member of the British parliament is currently the prime minister of the highly respected European country and below are top 10 facts about him by Factboyz

1. Controversial Figure:



Johnson is a controversial figure within British politics and journalism. He has been criticised by figures on both the left and the right, who have accused him of elitism, cronyism, dishonesty, laziness, and using racist and homophobic language. Johnson is the subject of several documented biographies and a number of fictionalised portrayals.


2. Mayor of London:


Born in 1964, Johnson served as the second elected mayor of London from 2008 to 2016.


3. He Has American And British Citizenship:


Johnson was born to British parents on 19 June 1964 in Manhattan's Upper East Side in New York City.
His birth was registered with both the U.S authorities and the city's British Consulate thereby granting him both American and British citizenship. His father, Stanley Johnson, was then studying Economics at Columbia University.


4. Worked As A Journalist:

Boris Johnson worked as a journalist briefly working for The Times and later securing employment with The Daily Telegraph


5. Served As An MP:

Boosted by his television fame, at that time; Johnson stood as the Conservative candidate for the constituency in the 2001 general election, winning with a majority of 8,500 votes. He was to represent Henley, a conservative seat in Oxfordshire.


6. Arrived Late Twice To Official Functions During First Week As Mayor:

He received criticism during the early weeks of his administration, largely because he was late for two official functions in his first week on the job, and because after three weeks he went on holiday to Turkey.


7. A Renowned Polyglot


Boris Johnson is a fluent speaker of major language such as French and Italian, and has a good grasp of German, Spanish, and Latin, known to frequently use it in classical references in his newspaper columns and speeches.


8. Married Thrice:


Boris Johnson married three times but is currently with his latest partner and current girlfriend, Carrie Symonds.


9. Compared To Donald Trump:

More recently, Johnson has evoked comparisons with United States President Donald Trump In June 2016, Nick Clegg described him as "like Donald Trump with a thesaurus", while fellow Conservative MP Kenneth Clarke described him as a "nicer Donald Trump" and EU official Martin Selmayr described the potential election of Johnson and Trump to the leadership of their respective countries as a "horror scenario"


10. Awarded For "Worst In British Politics":

In The Economist's 2018 end-of-the-year awards for the worst in British politics, Johnson received the highest award (the "politician who has done most to let down his party and country"wink. The Economist described Johnson as one of the architects of the Brexit "catastrophe"

Congratulations Mr Prime Minister


https:///2019/07/top-10-facts-about-boris-johnson-uks-new-prime-minister.html

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Re: Top 10 Facts About Boris Johnson Uk’s New Prime Minister by Abfinest007(m): 2:19pm On Jul 23, 2019
donald trump say something and deny it ,another donald trump in making expecting nigeria is a shit hole comments

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Re: Top 10 Facts About Boris Johnson Uk’s New Prime Minister by Nobody: 2:20pm On Jul 23, 2019
Nationalism and populism is taking centre stage in the West gradually. This goes to show that the average human is very jealous of his identity and does everything he can to protect it. The progressive leaning ideas of LGBT rights, immigration and the acceptance of Islamic fundamentalism as a form of religious freedom has pushed most people to be skeptical about them.

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Re: Top 10 Facts About Boris Johnson Uk’s New Prime Minister by Righteousness89(m): 2:25pm On Jul 23, 2019
One Fact I know in this Life is That When Most Media houses are Speaking against A Man, Watch Our for that Man.. HE IS A GOOD Candidate that will Make things Good

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Re: Top 10 Facts About Boris Johnson Uk’s New Prime Minister by thesicilian: 2:31pm On Jul 23, 2019
Righteousness89:
One Fact I know in this Life is That When Most Media houses are Speaking against A Man, Watch Our for that Man.. HE IS A GOOD Candidate that will Make things Good

Buhari must be a good man then

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Re: Top 10 Facts About Boris Johnson Uk’s New Prime Minister by Authoreety: 2:33pm On Jul 23, 2019
And he still became prime minister after all this....


Ife Onye gabu ka Og'abu

Whom God has blessed no one can curse

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Re: Top 10 Facts About Boris Johnson Uk’s New Prime Minister by Righteousness89(m): 2:47pm On Jul 23, 2019
thesicilian:

Buhari must be a good man then
The Nigerian Media has always been pro- Buhari..
The Nigerian Media are Afraid of its Leaders

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Re: Top 10 Facts About Boris Johnson Uk’s New Prime Minister by Bolustical: 1:04pm On Jul 24, 2019
Boris + Trump + Putin.

Welcome to the international system of crazy people. Expect more dramas, brinkmanship, threats and counterthreats.

It's gonna be unstable but yet interesting.

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Re: Top 10 Facts About Boris Johnson Uk’s New Prime Minister by KingAzubuike(f): 1:04pm On Jul 24, 2019
Re: Top 10 Facts About Boris Johnson Uk’s New Prime Minister by mixta140: 1:04pm On Jul 24, 2019
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Re: Top 10 Facts About Boris Johnson Uk’s New Prime Minister by Praktikals(m): 1:04pm On Jul 24, 2019
Congrats to my brother from another mother
grin

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Re: Top 10 Facts About Boris Johnson Uk’s New Prime Minister by DIKEnaWAR: 1:05pm On Jul 24, 2019
I hope he lasts in that position. I don't see that tho. His sojourn in number 10 Downing might be brief... Very brief.

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Re: Top 10 Facts About Boris Johnson Uk’s New Prime Minister by Richie0974: 1:05pm On Jul 24, 2019
11) Can be said to be racist.

I read an article this morning detailing all his racial slurs against Africans.

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Re: Top 10 Facts About Boris Johnson Uk’s New Prime Minister by Nobody: 1:05pm On Jul 24, 2019
His great grand father was an ottoman turk

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Re: Top 10 Facts About Boris Johnson Uk’s New Prime Minister by tigerclaws: 1:06pm On Jul 24, 2019
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Re: Top 10 Facts About Boris Johnson Uk’s New Prime Minister by Shaprara: 1:06pm On Jul 24, 2019
cool
Factgist:


The former member of the British parliament is currently the prime minister of the highly respected European country and below are top 10 facts about him by Factboyz

1. Controversial Figure:



Johnson is a controversial figure within British politics and journalism. He has been criticised by figures on both the left and the right, who have accused him of elitism, cronyism, dishonesty, laziness, and using racist and homophobic language. Johnson is the subject of several documented biographies and a number of fictionalised portrayals.


2. Mayor of London:


Born in 1964, Johnson served as the second elected mayor of London from 2008 to 2016.


3. He Has American And British Citizenship:


Johnson was born to British parents on 19 June 1964 in Manhattan's Upper East Side in New York City.
His birth was registered with both the U.S authorities and the city's British Consulate thereby granting him both American and British citizenship. His father, Stanley Johnson, was then studying Economics at Columbia University.


4. Worked As A Journalist:

Boris Johnson worked as a journalist briefly working for The Times and later securing employment with The Daily Telegraph


5. Served As An MP:

Boosted by his television fame, at that time; Johnson stood as the Conservative candidate for the constituency in the 2001 general election, winning with a majority of 8,500 votes. He was to represent Henley, a conservative seat in Oxfordshire.


6. Arrived Late Twice To Official Functions During First Week As Mayor:

He received criticism during the early weeks of his administration, largely because he was late for two official functions in his first week on the job, and because after three weeks he went on holiday to Turkey.


7. A Renowned Polyglot


Boris Johnson is a fluent speaker of major language such as French and Italian, and has a good grasp of German, Spanish, and Latin, known to frequently use it in classical references in his newspaper columns and speeches.


8. Married Thrice:


Boris Johnson married three times but is currently with his latest partner and current girlfriend, Carrie Symonds.


9. Compared To Donald Trump:

More recently, Johnson has evoked comparisons with United States President Donald Trump In June 2016, Nick Clegg described him as "like Donald Trump with a thesaurus", while fellow Conservative MP Kenneth Clarke described him as a "nicer Donald Trump" and EU official Martin Selmayr described the potential election of Johnson and Trump to the leadership of their respective countries as a "horror scenario"


10. Awarded For "Worst In British Politics":

In The Economist's 2018 end-of-the-year awards for the worst in British politics, Johnson received the highest award (the "politician who has done most to let down his party and country"wink. The Economist described Johnson as one of the architects of the Brexit "catastrophe"

Congratulations Mr Prime Minister


https:///2019/07/top-10-facts-about-boris-johnson-uks-new-prime-minister.html


The latest Trumpster in town. Watched some of his clips yesterday he’s very funny and witty and he’s not politically correct like trump. I like him

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Re: Top 10 Facts About Boris Johnson Uk’s New Prime Minister by frankleoptimist(m): 1:07pm On Jul 24, 2019
I'm very sure he'll soon tender his own resignation.
Re: Top 10 Facts About Boris Johnson Uk’s New Prime Minister by Oceannaagent: 1:09pm On Jul 24, 2019
Still better than president from other countries lipsrsealed
Re: Top 10 Facts About Boris Johnson Uk’s New Prime Minister by karma2000: 1:10pm On Jul 24, 2019
islamic terrorism will witness serious demolishing with a combination of trump and boris karma will be tough and deadly

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Re: Top 10 Facts About Boris Johnson Uk’s New Prime Minister by orunmila144: 1:11pm On Jul 24, 2019
he and trump are gemini

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Re: Top 10 Facts About Boris Johnson Uk’s New Prime Minister by Nobody: 1:12pm On Jul 24, 2019
UK got themselves their own version of Donald Trump . Thanks for the article, it's so enlightening

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Re: Top 10 Facts About Boris Johnson Uk’s New Prime Minister by Nobody: 1:13pm On Jul 24, 2019
Trump 2.0
Re: Top 10 Facts About Boris Johnson Uk’s New Prime Minister by Dottore: 1:13pm On Jul 24, 2019
Ok
Re: Top 10 Facts About Boris Johnson Uk’s New Prime Minister by orunmila144: 1:13pm On Jul 24, 2019
Buckubuck:
Nationalism and populism is taking centre stage in the West gradually. This goes to show that the average human is very jealous of his identity and does everything he can to protect it. The progressive leaning ideas of LGBT rights, immigration and the acceptance of Islamic fundamentalism as a form of religious freedom has pushed most people to be skeptical about them.
if they stop meddling in other countries affairs they would not have to deal with immigration and islamic fundamentalism

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