"of the Berlin Wall as German correspondent for the ""Daily Telegraph"". He has been a leader writer for both ""The Times"" and the ""Telegraph"", as well as literary editor and associate editor for ""The Times"". In 2008 he launched ""Standpoint"" magazine as founding editor. He was also a contributing editor to ""The New York Sun"" and a contributor to ""The Times Literary Supplement"", ""The Literary Review"", ""Prospect"", ""Commentary"", and ""The New Criterion"", as well as ""The American Spectator"" and ""The Weekly Standard"". In 2018, Johnson became the founding editor of a new political opinion website, The Article. He is Catholic,"
"fees. In September 2006, his image was used in 'Boris needs you' and 'I Love Boris' material to promote the Conservative Party's image during Freshers' Week in universities. In 2006, Johnson campaigned to become the Rector of the University of Edinburgh, but his support for top-up fees damaged his campaign and he ultimately came third, losing to Mark Ballard. In 2005, ""The Spectator""s new chief executive, Andrew Neil, removed Johnson from the editorship of the magazine. Johnson convinced ""The Daily Telegraph"" to raise his annual fee from £200,000 to £250,000, averaging at £5,000 per column, each of which took up"
"the US Presidential election campaign as well as real life editorial such as male rape and body image issues. In May 2005, on the eve of the UK general election, the magazine interviewed Tony Blair for the cover. In April 2008 ""attitude"" took then Mayor of London Boris Johnson to task about his comments that ""if gay marriage was okay – and I was uncertain of that issue – then I saw no reason why a union should not therefore be consecrated between three men, as well as two men; or indeed three men and a dog"", a claim Johnson"
"the magazine's cover as the figurehead of Mohamed Al-Fayed’s boat, the Jonikal. Before joining ""The Spectator"" as editor, Boris Johnson had worked for ""The Times"", the Wolverhampton ""Express & Star"", and ""The Daily Telegraph"". He had also briefly been political commentator for ""The Spectator"" under Dominic Lawson, but Frank Johnson replaced him with Bruce Anderson in 1995. Succeeding Frank Johnson in 1999, Johnson soon established himself as a competent and ""colourful"" editor. In the 2001 general election he was elected MP for Henley, and by 2004 had been made vice-chairman of the Conservative party, with a place in Michael Howard’s"
"the Politics Editor for The Source magazine. Johnson is the author of ""Political Consultants and Campaigns: One Day to Sell"". Johnson served as campaign manager on legislative races in Virginia, South Carolina and Maryland. In the field of international and comparative politics, Johnson worked on the 2001 London mayoral campaign, and as an international election monitor in Mexico and South Africa. Johnson earned his B.A. from the University of Virginia and his Ph.D from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Johnson has been quoted as an expert on politics by such newspapers as the Wall Street Journal, The"
"previous elections has endorsed politicians regardless of party ""based on their stance on gay rights issues."" To date ""PinkNews"" has published articles by 5 British Prime Ministers: John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, and David Cameron, and Theresa May. ""PinkNews"" has also interviewed other political figures in the United Kingdom, including Boris Johnson, Nick Clegg, and Jeremy Corbyn, who has also written for the paper. In December 2017 Pink News included no lesbians in its 'People of the Year' list. In 2006, ""PinkNews"" was threatened with legal action by News International, the parent company of the British newspapers ""The Sun"""
"is a panellist on Sky News' weekly debate show, ""The Pledge"". In September 2009, Johnson became the ninth editor of ""The Lady"", a weekly magazine established in 1885. Her first few months were the subject of a Channel 4 documentary entitled ""The Lady and the Revamp""; this was nominated for a Grierson Award. After taking up the post she rebranded the magazine, introducing well-known contributors (including Justin Webb and Sir Tim Rice) and regular contributors such as Mary Killen and Alexander Chancellor, as well as overseeing a redesign by creative director Stefano Arata, to better compete with the mainstream women's"
"Boris Johnson Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964), better known as Boris Johnson, is a British politician, popular historian, and journalist. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015. He had previously been the MP for Henley from 2001 to 2008. He was Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016, and from 2016 to 2018 he served as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. A member of the Conservative Party, Johnson identifies as a one-nation conservative and has been associated with both economically and socially liberal policies. Born"
"Standpoint (magazine) Standpoint is a monthly British cultural and political magazine. Its premier issue was published in June 2008. ""Standpoint"" is based in London and was co-founded by Daniel Johnson, Miriam Gross, Jonathan Foreman and Michael Mosbacher; Johnson is its editor. The magazine describes its core mission as being ""to celebrate western civilisation"", its arts and its values – in particular democracy, debate and freedom of speech – at a time when they are under threat. The magazine is broadly centre-right in orientation, but aims to include a ""broad church"" and to capitalise on the realignment of political attitudes in"
"Right Now! (magazine) Right Now! was a right-wing British political magazine, which ran from 1993 to 2006. The magazine also featured arts coverage and cultural criticism. It proclaimed itself a magazine of ""politics, ideas and culture"". It was initially edited by Michael Harrison (an associate of Lady Birdwood), and then from 1995 until closure by Derek Turner. Contributing editors included Allan Robertson and Christopher Luke of the London Swinton Circle and Stuart Millson of the Conservative Democratic Alliance. Its origins lay in the Revolutionary Conservative Caucus and with right-wing members of the Monday Club. The magazine featured interviews with and"
"counted among its members former British Prime Minister, David Cameron, former Chancellor George Osborne, and former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. His articles were published in prestigious Polish émigré magazines – the Paris-based Kultura and Zeszyty Historyczne as well as Britain's Sunday Telegraph and Tatler magazines. He graduated in 1986. In 1987, Sikorski acquired British citizenship, which he renounced in 2006 on becoming Minister of Defense of Poland. In the mid-1980s, Sikorski worked as a freelance journalist for publications such as ""The Spectator"" and ""The Observer"". He also wrote for the Indian newspaper ""The Statesman of Kolkata"" In 1986, he travelled"
"Michael Gove. Standpoint (magazine) Standpoint is a monthly British cultural and political magazine. Its premier issue was published in June 2008. ""Standpoint"" is based in London and was co-founded by Daniel Johnson, Miriam Gross, Jonathan Foreman and Michael Mosbacher; Johnson is its editor. The magazine describes its core mission as being ""to celebrate western civilisation"", its arts and its values – in particular democracy, debate and freedom of speech – at a time when they are under threat. The magazine is broadly centre-right in orientation, but aims to include a ""broad church"" and to capitalise on the realignment of political"
"and the magazine has become profitable.. Cowley has consciously commissioned new writers wanting the magazine ""to be read by people who weren't on the left as well as people interested in progressive politics and the Labour Party"". Under Cowley, the magazine was hostile to Labour leaders Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn. A few months before the 2017 election, Cowley wrote of the Labour opposition, describing Corbyn's party as ""fatally divided"" and commented that Conservative MPs ""feel no pressure from"" Labour and ""that there is no opposition"". Two days before the 2017 general election, Cowley forecast that the Labour Party would"
"not vote for Boris Johnson to be the Mayor of London. Tony Parsons (British journalist) Tony Victor Parsons (born 6 November 1953) is an English journalist, broadcaster, and author. He began his career as a music journalist on the ""NME"", writing about punk music. Later, he wrote for ""The Daily Telegraph"", before going on to write for ""Daily Mirror"" for 18 years. Since September 2013, he has written his current column for ""The Sun"". Parsons was for a time a regular guest on the BBC Two arts review programme ""The Late Show"", and appeareds infrequently on the successor ""Newsnight Review"";"
"Total Politics Total Politics is a British political magazine described as ""a lifestyle magazine for the political community"". It was first published in June 2008, and is distributed freely to all MPs, MEPs, peers, political journalists, members of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland assemblies, and all senior councillors down to district level as well as being available by subscription and sold on newsstands. The magazine was created by the Conservative journalist Iain Dale and the political commentator and author Shane Greer. The two men launched ""Total Politics"" with some financial backing from the then Deputy Chairman of the Conservative"
"writers including Dominic Lawson, Will Self, A.A. Gill, Ed Victor and Tom Wolfe, as well as taking the magazine in a more political direction. He hired Boris Johnson as the magazine's car correspondent. ""GQ"" was also the first magazine to feature David Cameron on its cover, soon after he became leader of the Conservative Party. Since joining ""GQ"", the magazine has won 34 awards. Having won the BSME Men's Editor of the Year Award six times during his tenure at ""GQ"", Jones was also recognised for the Brand Building Initiative of the Year 2007 for the annual ""GQ"" Men of"
"It also occasionally runs campaigns on local issues that national newspapers do not cover in detail. It has a tradition of providing arts coverage. Its best known former art critic, Brian Sewell, was known for his acerbic view of conceptual art, Britart and the Turner Prize and his views attracted controversy and criticism in the art world. He has been described as ""Britain's most famous and controversial art critic"". During the 2008 London mayoral election the newspaper – and particularly its correspondent Andrew Gilligan – published articles in support of the Conservative candidate, Boris Johnson, including frequent front-page headlines condemning"
"edited by Boris Johnson—awarded him the ""Newcomer of the Year Award"" at the 2005 Parliamentarian of the Year Awards. The magazine's editorial board stated that he had received the award ""for the tough-mindedness and clarity with which he has spoken about the very difficult issues of Islamic terror"". In August 2006, he was a signatory of an open letter to Tony Blair that was signed by prominent Muslims and published in ""The Guardian"". The letter criticised UK foreign policy and in particular the 2003 invasion of Iraq, stating that Blair's policies had caused great harm to civilians in the Middle"
"shows, such as ""Top Gear"", ""Parkinson"", ""Breakfast with Frost"", and ""Question Time"". In July 1999, Conrad Black – the then proprietor of ""The Daily Telegraph"" and ""The Spectator"" – offered Johnson the editorship of the latter on the condition that he abandoned his parliamentary aspirations; Johnson agreed. He brought in contributions from figures whom he had known from his past and, while retaining ""The Spectator""s traditional right-wing bent, he also welcomed contributions from leftist writers and cartoonists. Under Johnson's editorship, the circulation of ""The Spectator"" grew by 10% to 62,000 and it began to turn a profit. His editorship also"
"regularly lobbies major international institutions like the EU and the Vatican"" and ""controls some of the most dynamic, politically active Muslim groups in key European countries, such as Britain, France and Germany."" He said the group has schools ""to train imams,"" has funded a ""mechanism in the guise of a UK-registered charity,"" and has a fatwa council to enforce ideological conformity. Johnson left the ""Wall Street Journal"" in 2010 to pursue magazine and book writing on cultural and social affairs. Ian Denis Johnson Ian Johnson (July 27, 1962 - ) is a writer and journalist, working primarily in China and"
"Politick! Magazine Politick! Magazine was a quarterly British political magazine. The magazine was aimed at young people 18-35 and is independent of any political party. The magazine launched in November 2008 and was available in WHSmith, Borders and independent newsagents. The first two issues of the magazine featured politicians and activists from all the major parties including David Blunkett, Lembit Öpik, Polly Toynbee, Charles Kennedy, Peter Tatchell, Michael Howard, Malcolm Rifkind, Lynne Featherstone, David Bull and Kate Hudson. The magazine also featured non-Government organisations such as WWF Oxfam, Amnesty International and Christian Aid and gave information on how to get"
"with contributions from David Lynch, Noel Gallagher, Naomi Klein, Rupert Everett, Amanda Palmer, and Alec Baldwin, as well as an essay by Brand. In October 2014, the magazine was guest-edited by the artist Grayson Perry, whose essay titled ""Default Man"" was widely discussed. The former British prime minister Gordon Brown guest-edited the magazine in 2016, a special edition exploring Britain's relationship with Europe ahead of the EU referendum. Contributors to the issue included the Nobel laureate Amartya Sen and Michael Sandel. New Statesman The New Statesman is a British political and cultural magazine published in London. Founded as a weekly"
"shared by the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. Ridley was forced to resign from the cabinet shortly after this incident. Although some senior Tories called for Lawson to be fired, his proprietor, Conrad Black, stood by him. Under Lawson's five-year editorship, the magazine's circulation grew from 30,000 to 50,000. From 1995 until 2005, Lawson was editor of ""The Sunday Telegraph"". In 2006, he started to write columns for ""The Independent"" newspaper and in 2008, he became the main columnist for ""The Sunday Times"". In his article for ""The Independent"" dated 2 September 2013, he wrote that it would be his last"
"Leadsom as a candidate for the Conservative leadership, but she dropped out of the race a week later. By resigning as Foreign Secretary, Johnson returned to the role of a backbench MP. On 12 July 2018, Johnson signed a 12-month contract to write articles for the Telegraph Media Group Limited. This included writing a weekly column for a period of 46 weeks. In his first article since resigning as Foreign Secretary Johnson argued that ""it is time for all of us – at this critical moment in our constitutional development – to believe in ourselves, to believe in the British"
"to London. He worked as a freelance sub-editor for the ""London Sun"", ""News of the World"" and ""The Sunday Times"" before gaining employment as a staff sub-editor at the ""Daily Star"". In August 1989, Johnson returned to Nassau and in February 1990, began his own tabloid format newspaper titled ""The Punch"". Its offices were on Farrington Road in Oakes Field. In 1992, on the morning of election day, ""The Punch"" ran a headline predicting the Free National Movement win over Progressive Liberal Party by 32 seats to 17. The tabloid was hence called ""The Prophet Punch"". Ivan Johnson Ivan Nicholas"
"renounced his US citizenship. Boris Johnson Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964), better known as Boris Johnson, is a British politician, popular historian, and journalist. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015. He had previously been the MP for Henley from 2001 to 2008. He was Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016, and from 2016 to 2018 he served as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. A member of the Conservative Party, Johnson identifies as a one-nation conservative and has been associated with both economically and"
"in locations across the Parliamentary estate. The Dods website describes the publication as ""Parliament's very own 'in-house' magazine"", and claims that it is ""closer than any other political magazine to the most powerful people in UK politics"". It is managed by a cross-party editorial team of MPs. Its current editor is Conservative MP Sir Graham Brady, while Labour’s Jess Phillips is Associate Editor. Previous associate editors include Charles Kennedy, Austin Mitchell, Michael Gove, Priti Patel, Angus Robertson and Paul Goodman. An editorial board, comprising MPs and peers drawn from all parties in both Houses, meets regularly to provide advice. The"
"He became a reader in 2001 and professor of democratic theory and practice in 2007. In 2011 Johnson left Edge Hill University and became a senior research fellow at the Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre (BICOM). Johnson is editor of BICOM's ""fathom"" magazine. Johnson was an editor of the journals ""Democratiya"" (2005–2009) and ""Engage Journal"", the former of which he also helped found. He is a scholar of the labour movement in Iraq, and is a founding member of Labour Friends of Iraq. A former Trotskyist and long-term member of the Socialist Organiser Alliance, researching Hal Draper, Johnson is"
"in New York City to wealthy upper-middle class English parents, Johnson was educated at the European School of Brussels, Ashdown House School, and Eton College. He studied Classics at Balliol College, Oxford, where he was elected president of the Oxford Union in 1986. He began his career in journalism at ""The Times"" but was sacked for falsifying a quotation. He later became ""The Daily Telegraph""s Brussels correspondent, with his articles exerting a strong influence on growing Eurosceptic sentiment among the British right-wing. He was assistant editor from 1994 to 1999 before taking the editorship of ""The Spectator"" from 1999 to"
"The Political Quarterly The ""Political Quarterly"" is a British political journal founded in 1930 by Leonard Woolf (husband of Virginia Woolf), Kingsley Martin and William Robson. The current editors are Ben Jackson (University of Oxford) and Deborah Mabbett (Birkbeck University of London), who assumed their posts in 2016. The journal, which has print and digital editions, is broadly centre-left in outlook. It has published articles on politics and public policy by a wide range of political thinkers in the UK and internationally. It aims to provide access to current academic debates and draw on critical intellectual arguments, but its hallmark"
"him, you cannot violate him."". In August 2018, Boris Johnson was criticised for a column that he had written in the ""Daily Telegraph"". As part of an article arguing that burqa bans like the one introduced in Denmark were wrong, as women should be free to wear what they want, Johnson nevertheless said that Muslim women who wore burqas ""look like letter boxes"" and compared them to ""bank robbers"". In response to the piece, the Muslim Council of Britain accused Johnson of ""pandering to the far right"", while the Labour MP Jess Phillips said she would report Johnson to the"
"Cook criticised Hague for not shutting the magazine down. Andrew Hunter, a former Conservative MP who defected to Ian Paisley's Democratic Unionist Party, was a long-time patron of the magazine. Hunter ceased links with the magazine in 2002, following pressure from Iain Duncan Smith, stating disagreement with an advert in the magazine for the Conservative Democratic Alliance which was critical of the Conservative Party. Right Now! (magazine) Right Now! was a right-wing British political magazine, which ran from 1993 to 2006. The magazine also featured arts coverage and cultural criticism. It proclaimed itself a magazine of ""politics, ideas and culture""."
"company that he knows has followed kaizen, the Japanese management philosophy of constant, incremental improvements, often driven from the bottom up. Johnson backed Vote Leave in the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016. Johnson was Chairman of Channel 4 Television Corporation from January 2004 to January 2010, during which time he appointed a new CEO, restructured the board and saw the organisation enjoy record ratings, revenues and surplus. He writes a weekly column on business for ""The Sunday Times"". He wrote a weekly essay for the ""Financial Times"" from 2007 to 2015. From 1998 to 2006 he wrote ""The"