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BJ indicates Boris Johnson.
Adams, Nigel 239, 242, 243, 271, 281, 283
Afghanistan 300, 351, 356, 404, 424
al-Assad, Bashar 311, 312, 318, 319
Arcuri, Jennifer 195–7, 202, 207–8, 231, 232, 235, 236–7, 238, 253, 255, 313, 342, 374, 385, 410, 413, 415–16
Baker, Steve 302, 375, 376, 377, 383, 392, 418, 514
Bank of England 200, 423, 438, 478, 504
Barnier, Michel 325–6, 330, 338, 349, 363, 364, 366, 415, 416, 522
BBC 15, 62, 64, 81, 88–9, 90, 96, 109, 122–3, 126, 128, 168, 176, 182, 184, 191, 197, 208, 209–11, 212, 234, 239, 253, 282, 302, 308, 316–17, 324, 325, 326, 327, 357, 369, 381, 390, 416, 420, 421, 437, 455, 458, 460, 461, 467–8, 471, 511, 512, 516, 517, 520, 524
Bercow, John 336, 401, 412, 414
Berry, Jake 232, 236, 242–3, 244, 263, 265, 266, 269, 271, 283, 288, 289–90, 292, 297, 391
Black, Conrad 60, 63–4, 69, 77–8, 79, 83, 242
Blair, Ian 122, 123, 136–7, 138–9, 177
Blair, Tony 61, 64, 65, 68, 75, 77, 78, 81, 84, 86, 88–9, 92, 93, 100, 103, 106, 107, 114, 126, 131, 133, 154, 199–200, 260, 272, 274, 300, 324, 366, 415, 419, 421, 422, 449–50, 506, 521
Bloomberg, Michael 115, 151, 233
Blunkett, David 79, 80, 84, 91
Blunt/Blunt Two, Operation 139, 174, 177
Boles, Nick 99, 103, 113, 115, 116, 125, 155, 242, 283–5, 286, 288, 289, 291, 292, 367, 378, 420
Brady, Graham 75, 359, 367, 368, 369
Brexit xii, 75, 154, 243, 245; Article 50, Treaty of the European Union 308, 317, 318, 400–401; ‘backstop’ 339–40, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 364, 365, 366, 372, 374, 375, 381, 399, 400, 414, 416; Benn Act 400–401, 403, 405, 406, 407, 411, 413, 415, 417; BJ decision to back Leave campaign xii, 243, 245, 256–67; BJ resigns as Foreign Secretary 355–7; Cameron resigns as PM 279; campaign xii, 186, 200–201, 205, 243–4, 256–78, 279, 280; Chequers agreement 347, 350–65; customs union 328, 338, 339, 349, 414; Davis resigns 354–5; extensions of 378–9, 417, 522; Florence speech, May’s 328, 330; free trade deal 308, 325; ‘fuck business’, BJ overhead commenting 351; Irish border 322–3, 338–9, 340, 348, 349, 350, 353, 377, 414, 415, 416, 523; leadership campaign, Conservative Party and 279–93; Mansion House speech, May’s 349; ‘My Brexit Vision’, BJ’s 328–9; no-deal exit 316, 317, 318, 329–30, 333, 334, 338, 343, 350, 354, 363, 369, 371, 372, 374, 380, 381, 383, 388, 399, 400, 401, 404, 408, 411, 415, 523; prorogation of Parliament and 401–3, 409, 410–11; purge of Tory Remainer MPs 405–6, 523; Withdrawal Agreement/European Withdrawal Bill 305, 350, 351, 366–8, 369, 371, 374–5, 378, 380, 417, 430
Brexit Party 373, 378, 379, 381, 418
Brown, Gordon 92, 100, 107, 108, 111, 112, 137, 138, 148, 149, 167, 259, 300, 418, 449
Brun, Margaret (née Johnson) 4
Bullingdon Club 36–7, 112, 155, 220
burka, ban on wearing (‘Burkagate’) 360–65
Burma 330–31
Burns, Conor 313, 324, 332–3, 367
Bush, George W. 102–3, 171, 183, 268
cable car, Thames 147, 170–71, 188, 195, 218, 250, 251
Cain, Lee 333–4, 368, 393, 420, 460, 471, 494, 497, 507, 508, 512, 513–14
Cameron, David 362; Brexit and 256–78, 280–81, 299, 352, 355, 368; Conservative leadership election 94, 95; Eton 29; General Election (2010) 159–60, 333, 393; General Election (2015) 233, 240–42; leader of the Opposition 95, 96, 98, 99, 100, 103, 105, 108, 112, 114, 115, 116, 128, 129, 136, 141, 142, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155; MP 75, 77; Oxford University 31, 36; Prime Minister 160, 161–2, 165, 166–7, 168–9, 172, 173, 174, 176–7, 179, 182, 183, 184, 186, 187, 189, 190–91, 192, 195, 198, 199–202, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 212, 214, 216, 218, 219, 221, 222, 225, 227, 232, 233, 234, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 246, 247, 248, 254, 255, 256–78, 279, 280, 285, 287, 299, 312, 431, 450; renegotiation of terms of Britain’s EU membership 204, 205, 206, 207, 220–21, 232–5, 243–4, 256–9; resigns as PM 279–81, 288, 291; vetoes fiscal union EU treaty (2011) 186
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall 166, 179, 381
Campbell, Alastair 65, 78, 86, 88–9
Canary Wharf 58, 59, 64, 128, 131, 133, 149, 157, 174, 212, 216, 252
Care Quality Commission (CQC) 474, 492
Carlton Gardens (Foreign Secretary’s residence) ix, 98–9, 307, 355, 356, 358, 359
Cash, Bill 25, 48, 52, 259, 264, 266, 277, 358, 364, 379, 390, 400, 414
Chamberlain, Neville 230, 354, 377
Charles, Prince 132–3, 157, 473
Chevening (Foreign Secretary’s official country home) xi, 303, 313–14, 355, 408, 444, 445, 446, 455
China 128, 129, 130, 214, 219–20, 357, 425–6, 427, 429–30, 432, 433, 435, 436, 438–9, 443, 447, 451, 464, 473, 486, 495, 499, 523
Churchill Factor, The (Boris Johnson) 229–32, 360, 525
Churchill, Winston 32, 69, 76, 207, 229–32, 242, 247, 270, 271, 354, 359, 360, 364, 368–9, 377, 400, 403, 423, 459, 466, 496, 509, 519, 525
Civil Service 107, 137, 138, 166, 177, 225, 250, 259, 273, 282, 308, 316, 325, 338, 348, 365, 371, 389, 401, 402, 424–5, 431, 432, 436, 441, 444, 445, 450, 455, 476, 487, 491, 493, 497, 498, 504, 508, 518
Clark, Greg 405, 464, 465, 487
Clarke, Roger 24, 28, 50, 61–2, 67
Clegg, Nick 160, 219, 240, 250
Cobra Committee 182, 183, 227, 433–4, 435, 438, 440, 441, 448, 450, 451, 455, 456, 463, 472
Coleman, Neale 127, 128, 145, 170
Collier, Stuart 50, 51, 56, 60, 62
Commonwealth 68, 298, 329, 344
Confederation of British Industry (CBI) 324, 350–51
Conservative Party: BJ and see Johnson, Boris; ERG Group see European Research Group (ERG); elections see individual election name; 1922 Committee 75, 359, 367, 376, 377, 407–8; One Nation Toryism 141, 240, 242, 284, 372, 378, 379, 381, 391, 407, 416; party conferences 81, 94, 122, 143, 144, 150, 151–3, 154–5, 165, 185–6, 198, 201–3, 218, 234, 306, 309, 319, 331, 341, 363, 366, 375, 376, 397–8, 401, 413–14
Corbyn, Jeremy 241, 241n, 256, 259, 312, 313, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 326–7, 332, 334, 338, 349, 350, 357, 375, 378, 379, 380, 381, 387, 397, 399, 404, 405, 407, 409, 412–13, 414, 416, 417, 418, 419, 455, 467, 520–21
Coulson, Andy 165, 172, 178, 179
Covid-19 pandemic xiii, 423–516, 518, 519, 522, 524–5; BAME citizens and 486, 490, 494–5; BJ illness 482–6, 487–8, 494, 496, 503, 504, 507, 511, 512, 517, 519; care homes and 429, 433, 448, 452, 456, 461, 467, 474, 475, 475–6, 487, 490–94, 500, 502, 508, 510, 511; Cummings breaks lockdown rules 512–16; emergence of 425–81; herd immunity concept 453–4, 462–3, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 481, 498, 502; lockdown 441–2, 451, 452–3, 459, 460, 461, 462–3, 465–6, 468, 469, 470, 471, 473, 475, 477, 478–9, 480, 481, 482, 483, 485, 486–7, 488–9, 492, 496, 497, 500–503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509–10, 512, 513, 515–16, 521, 522; NHS surcharge and 511–12; number of deaths 433, 451, 452, 453, 454, 461, 462, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472, 480, 481, 483, 485, 486, 494, 495, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503, 406, 509–10, 522; personal protective equipment (PPE) 431, 438, 440–41, 449, 454–5, 456, 464, 474, 475, 477, 478, 486, 490, 491, 492, 493, 495–6, 499, 500, 511, 522; quarantine, fourteen-day 437, 504, 512, 522; test and trace 440, 442, 479, 486, 498, 505, 511, 519, 522; testing 432, 436, 439–41, 442, 449, 454, 455–6, 463–4, 465, 470, 472, 475, 476, 477, 479, 480, 486, 487, 488, 491, 492, 493, 494, 496, 498, 499, 500, 503, 505–6, 510, 511, 525; vaccine 434, 453, 473, 479, 486, 522
Cox, Geoffrey 374, 400, 403, 411, 412, 415
Crosby, Lynton 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 111, 112, 115, 124, 188, 189, 190, 191, 197, 222, 234, 240, 254, 255, 258, 262, 275, 279, 282, 284, 285, 289, 290, 291, 320, 358, 360, 372, 380, 382, 383, 384, 413
Crossrail 107, 147–50, 159, 161–2, 165–6, 171, 212, 216, 248–50, 251–2, 254, 255, 267
Cummings, Dominic 273–4, 281–2, 284, 286, 288, 289, 377, 383, 388–90, 393, 398, 399, 400–403, 404, 405, 406, 409, 415, 417, 424, 425, 431, 437, 438, 444–7, 450, 451, 455, 459, 462, 476, 482, 488, 497, 507, 512–16, 523, 524, 525
Dacre, Paul 142, 164, 198–9, 202, 289, 293, 367, 394
Daily Mail 95, 142, 164–5, 198–9, 228, 260, 293, 328–9, 340–41, 365, 367, 383, 394, 480, 498, 515–16
Daily Mirror 79, 163, 333, 337, 420
Daily Telegraph 10, 42, 63, 64, 68, 75, 80, 98, 112, 327, 332, 508, 509–10; BJ as Brussels correspondent 44–58, 71; BJ as assistant editor 58, 59, 61–2, 64; BJ’s column in 58, 59, 61–2, 64, 68, 76, 101, 102, 106, 116–17, 152, 155, 175, 189, 199, 242, 267, 279, 284, 292, 327, 328, 347–8, 360–61, 373
Davidson, Ruth 292, 331, 362, 381, 409, 521
Davis, David 70, 76, 95, 272, 286, 290, 303, 304, 305, 306, 316, 317, 318–19, 322, 325, 329, 350, 352, 353–4, 357, 374, 375
Deedes, Jeremy 46, 47, 56–7, 59, 79
Denmark 54, 55, 306, 351, 360–61, 362, 363, 398
Department of Health 425, 430–31, 432, 433, 438, 440, 453, 456, 457, 463, 464, 471, 472, 473–4, 477–8, 487, 490–91, 492, 493, 495, 500, 524
Diamond Princess 438, 447, 470
Disraeli, Benjamin 76, 389, 419, 518
Doyle, Yvonne 432, 436, 439, 440, 447, 463–4, 472, 490
Dream of Rome, The (Boris Johnson) 361
Duncan, Alan 302, 308, 309, 313, 317, 324, 331, 346, 352, 364, 366, 369
Duncan Smith, Iain 76, 77, 81, 186, 258–9, 264, 268, 272, 273, 277, 284, 338, 354, 358, 369, 372, 375, 376, 377, 380, 382, 383
DUP (Democratic Unionist Party) 322–3, 339, 340, 377, 416
Duvall, Len 114, 141, 164–5, 217, 218, 231, 252, 256
Edmunds, John 448, 466, 488, 505–6
el-Sisi, Abdel Fattah 308, 430
Elizabeth II, Queen 68, 194, 254, 350, 379, 388, 401, 409, 410, 411, 416, 478, 483, 485
Erdogan, Recep 275–6
Eton 18, 19, 20, 21–9, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36, 39, 40, 41, 58, 67, 95, 103, 160, 168, 172, 174, 199, 239, 257, 305, 309, 321
euro 46, 51, 52, 54–5, 75, 153–4, 160, 185–6, 205, 232, 260, 261, 273, 277
European Charter of Fundamental Rights 260
European Commission 22, 44, 45, 46–7, 54–5, 57–8, 261, 309, 417, 522–3
European Court of Justice (ECJ) 154, 232, 257, 260, 261, 305, 328, 523
European Parliament 25–6, 232, 317, 379, 380
European Research Group (ERG) 347, 349, 350, 352, 354, 358–9, 360, 367, 368, 374–5, 376, 377, 378, 382, 383, 390, 392
European Union 44–5; Brexit see Brexit; Cameron attempts to renegotiate terms of Britain’s membership 204, 205, 206, 207, 220–21, 232–5, 243–4, 256–9; Cameron vetoes fiscal union EU treaty (2011) 186; euro see euro; euro crisis 153–4, 185–6, 232; exchange rate mechanism (ERM) 51–2, 55, 61; federal ambitions of 44, 46, 48, 51, 52, 54–5, 153, 154, 186, 232, 256, 258, 309, 340; free movement of citizens 308, 323; Lisbon treaty (2008) 153–4, 185, 186, 260, 308; Maastricht Treaty (1992) 52, 54–5, 75, 154; single market 205, 220–21, 245, 263, 272, 284, 298, 303–4, 305, 308, 316, 328, 338, 339, 349, 352, 353, 354, 380, 414
European Withdrawal Bill 350, 351, 366–7, 374–5, 378, 380, 417, 430
Evening Standard 40, 42, 71, 98, 99, 100, 103, 109, 122, 150, 190, 203, 228, 322, 433, 527
exchange rate mechanism (ERM) 51–2, 55, 61
Farage, Nigel 206, 212, 239, 262, 265, 274, 277, 314, 315, 373, 379, 380, 418, 437
Fawcett, Beatrice (grandmother) 3, 12, 14, 17, 23
Fawcett, James (grandfather) 3, 12, 14, 17, 23
Fawcett, P. H. 344–5
Fazackerley, Anna 97, 172, 342
Ferguson, Neil 429, 433, 434, 435, 438, 441, 442, 443, 451–2, 454, 455, 456, 459, 461, 462, 465, 466, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 476, 481, 482, 489, 501, 502–3, 514
financial crash (2008) 108, 130, 152, 156, 189, 253, 270
5G network 523
Foreign Office 47, 194–5, 298–308, 311, 312, 314, 316, 318, 322, 324, 325–6, 327, 330, 331, 332, 334, 335–7, 339, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 350, 351, 354, 357, 386, 391, 424, 430, 446, 450, 477, 524
Fortier, Kimberly 79, 80–81, 84, 91
Fox, Liam 245, 286, 303, 304, 305, 316, 318, 351, 352, 355
Garden Bridge 216–17, 250–51, 252, 310
Gascoigne, Ben 242, 277, 390, 446
General Elections: (1983) 30; (1992) 52, 241, 302; (1997) 61, 69, 75, 419, 421; (2001) 74–5, 93; (2005) 81, 92, 105, 154; (2010) 114, 150, 151, 158, 159–60, 202, 333, 393; (2015) 166–7, 222, 232–4, 238, 239–41, 255, 275, 321, 341; (2017) 257, 319–23, 324, 326, 331, 360, 375; (2019) 398, 400, 403, 404, 406, 407, 409, 413–14, 416, 417, 418–22, 434, 446, 461, 500, 517, 521
Gilligan, Andrew 109–10, 111, 190, 223, 446
Godwin, Tim 178, 180, 181, 182, 183
Golden Tree Asset Management 373
Goldman Sachs 152, 261, 275, 496
Gove, Michael 37, 38, 221, 222, 259–60, 261, 262, 263, 264, 272, 273, 278, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289–93, 326, 332–3, 341, 349, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 367, 368, 383, 391, 393, 424, 425, 446, 471, 472, 478, 497
Greater London Authority (GLA) 109–10, 123, 131, 161, 165, 169
Greece x, 7, 9, 12, 16, 19, 23, 24, 26, 27, 30, 35, 67, 73, 78, 82, 117, 127, 130, 146, 153, 194, 229, 243, 261, 263, 272, 309, 364, 370, 392, 465, 484, 510, 519
Green, Damian 137, 139, 176, 337, 407
Greenhalgh, Stephen 191, 216, 225, 227, 236
Grenfell Tower fire 326–7
Grieve, Dominic 378, 399, 401, 403–4, 405
Griffin, Jasper 23, 31, 40, 127, 229, 321, 393
Guardian xii, 8, 54, 76, 81, 101, 103, 110, 112, 113, 114, 135, 146–7, 172, 175, 178, 183, 211, 221, 230, 231, 262, 337, 357, 384–5, 386, 387, 390, 408, 475, 487, 488, 512, 513–14, 516
Guppy, Darius 24, 27, 31, 35, 41, 50, 51, 56–7, 60, 62, 70, 210
Hammond, Philip 161–2, 242, 300, 303, 305, 306, 312, 318, 322, 328, 329, 330, 333, 336, 339, 346, 349, 353, 366, 381, 399, 402, 404, 405, 407
Hancock, Matt 372, 384, 426, 430, 432, 433–4, 435, 436, 437, 438, 440, 448–9, 450–51, 455, 458, 467, 468, 471, 473, 474, 482, 487–8, 489, 490, 491, 493, 494, 495, 496, 498, 499, 503, 510
Harries, Jenny 462, 463, 467, 477
Hastings, Max 44, 46, 47, 55, 56–7, 60, 71, 96, 189, 192, 202, 210, 292, 357–8
Have I Got News for You 62–3
Heatherwick, Thomas 217–18
Heathrow Airport 147, 190, 193, 200, 223, 351, 356, 427, 435, 486
Heffer, Simon 64, 85, 86, 112, 155, 211
Hendy, Peter 122, 128, 145, 147, 155, 167, 170, 171, 195, 218, 224, 251
Heseltine, Michael 52, 69, 70–71, 75, 212, 268, 275, 292, 310, 322, 331, 378, 423
Heywood, Jeremy 225, 347–8, 450
Hillsborough disaster (1989) 85–6
Hogan-Howe, Bernard 184–5, 224–8, 247–8
Home Office 84, 137, 181, 226, 227, 228, 246, 349, 424, 455, 524
Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) 133
Horton, Richard 430, 499–500, 515
Howard, Michael 81–2, 86, 87, 88–9, 90–91, 92, 93, 94, 105, 117, 210, 290
HS2 212, 216, 220, 251, 424, 446
Huawei 523
Hunt, Jeremy 332, 336, 346, 357, 381, 382, 383–4, 391, 419, 431, 432, 438, 440, 442, 479
Hurricane Irma 327
Iran 111, 311, 312, 316, 334–5, 336, 337, 426
Iraq 81, 85, 88–9, 92, 102, 109, 111, 173, 175, 200, 270, 274, 300, 312, 404, 450
Israel 37, 253, 311, 316, 319, 337, 345, 362
Javid, Sajid 341–2, 368, 391, 402–3, 446–7
JCB 371–2
Jenkin, Bernard 87, 121, 256, 259, 263, 277, 310, 358, 377–8, 392, 432
John, Peter 131, 169, 213, 215
Johnson, Boris: adultery see individual lover name; ambition ix, xi, xii, 20, 38, 47, 59, 71, 77, 78, 94–5, 142, 192, 255, 357, 378, 407–8, 520, 525; ancestry 4–5, 13, 68, 74, 128–9; appearance 32, 45, 74, 152–3, 370, 371; Ashdown House prep school 18–20; author, career as see individual book title; birth 7–8, 151; Boris Bikes 155–6, 218, 250; Boris Island 147, 188, 200, 223; Brexit and see Brexit; Canonbury Primary School 68; childhood ix, 8–29, 32–3, 48, 55, 57, 73, 189; children see individual child name; classical literature, influence upon character of x, 12–13, 23, 27, 29, 30, 34, 56, 67, 117, 393, 407–8, 519; cocaine and 97, 364, 382; competitive nature xi, xii, 6–7, 12–14, 23, 24, 27–8, 35, 47, 48, 49–50, 56, 117, 139–40, 194, 208, 219, 229, 236, 258, 314; Covid-19 pandemic and see Covid-19 pandemic; depression 76, 143, 162, 208, 236, 281, 293, 368, 386; divorces ix, xiii, 55–6, 444, 498, 517, 520; Eton see Eton; European School, Belgium 15; Euroscepticism 48, 52, 55, 61, 70–71, 75–6, 186–7, 192, 204–7, 234, 256–78; fabrication of stories 43–4, 71, 211; fame 62, 63, 72, 83, 208; father’s abuse of mother and 8, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 22, 92; father’s adultery and 79, 164, 355–6; fiftieth birthday 229; Foreign Secretary ix, xi, 264, 297–358, 381, 391, 393, 516; gap year in Australia 31; girlfriends see individual girlfriend name; Guppy and BJ plot to threaten Collier/have him beaten up 50–51, 56–7, 60, 62, 70; Have I Got News for You 62–3; ‘health and safety’ culture and 123, 146, 162; Henley MP 69–70, 74–7, 100, 114, 242; homosexuality and 62, 67; Howard fires 88–9, 90–91; humour 24, 32, 69, 82, 103, 104, 300, 309; income, private 95, 116, 230, 373; insecurity/sensitivity 15, 23, 24, 38–9, 52, 71, 73–4, 79, 342; intelligence 16, 19, 26, 29, 32, 42; interior of car, photograph of 386; Johnson family annual cricket match and 228–9, 243, 280–81, 282–3; journalism career see individual publication name; leadership bid, Tory Party 369–88; Liverpool, apology to 85–8; London Mayor 98–255, 262, 267, 269, 274–5, 286, 297, 301, 306, 313, 315, 341, 356, 361, 370, 402, 415, 518; loner xi, 73, 87, 95, 143, 263, 360, 393, 518; marriages see individual wife name; memory 24, 40; name 7–8, 21, 53, 95–6; narcissism 57, 207, 231; One Nation Toryism 141, 240, 242, 284, 372, 378, 379, 381, 391, 407, 416; oratorical style 23–4, 30, 32, 77, 518; Oxford, Balliol College 29, 30, 31–40; Oxford Union, president of 31–2, 35, 37–8; Pericles as hero of x, 23, 136, 269, 484, 518; phone-hacking 97, 171–2, 178–9, 209; Prime Minister 387–526; Princess Road Primary School 14; prorogation of Parliament and 401–403, 409, 410–11; purge of Remainer MPs 405–6, 523; race/racism and 67–8, 102, 103, 104, 110–11, 271, 362, 398; reading 9, 10, 12–13, 16, 27, 49; rugby 24, 27–8, 128, 233; selfishness 16, 91, 164, 211, 363; shadow arts minister 81–2, 88; shadow higher education minister 96; table tennis and 130, 139; The Times, fired from 43–4; Tory candidate, Clwyd South, Wales 59, 60–61; Tory MPs become restless due to weak leadership/poor performances of 504, 511, 518, 519, 520, 523–4, 525, 526; Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat 233, 241; weight loss 370, 371; Wodehouse and 14, 16, 19–20, 21, 23, 36, 49, 71, 202
Johnson, Cassia Peaches (daughter) 60
Johnson (née Kidd), Jenny x, 26–7, 44, 49
Johnson, Jo (brother) ix–x, xii, 12, 13, 14, 22, 27, 314, 366–7, 388, 408
Johnson, Julia (half-sister) 26–7, 356
Johnson, Lara Lettice (daughter) 56, 363
Johnson, Leo (brother) x, xii, 9, 13, 23, 42, 314, 356, 408
Johnson, Max (half-brother) 235
Johnson, Milo Arthur (son) 60, 199
Johnson, Rachel (sister) ix–x, xii, 8–9, 10–11, 13–14, 15–16, 18–19, 22–3, 27, 38, 160, 163, 208, 209, 210, 265, 266, 292, 314, 321, 356, 388, 408, 484
Johnson, Stanley (father) ix–xiii, 3–20, 22–9, 30, 33, 37, 39, 41–2, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 53, 79, 83, 87, 92, 114, 117, 164, 208–9, 210, 211, 216, 265, 312, 353–4, 362, 368, 388, 397, 439, 484, 497, 520
Johnson, Theodore Apollo (son) 60
Johnson, Wilfred ‘Johnny’ (grandfather) 4–6, 11, 12, 13, 497
Johnson, Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas (son) 497–8, 520
Juncker, Jean-Claude 232, 275, 277, 280, 317–18, 325, 334, 339, 340, 348, 414
Kemal, Ali (great-grandfather) 4
Kenny, Anthony 31, 38, 40, 257, 321
Khan, Sadiq 220, 250, 254, 291, 310, 369–70
Kushner, Jared 315–16
Labour Party 8, 22, 25, 37, 54, 61, 67, 72, 75, 76, 79, 86–7, 92–3, 96, 98, 99, 102, 107, 108, 111, 113, 114, 124, 125, 127, 132, 133, 136, 137, 138, 141, 144, 150, 151, 153, 154, 161, 164, 166, 172, 173, 176, 181, 184, 188, 189, 191, 192, 200, 209, 212, 213, 214, 215, 220, 222, 234, 241, 241n, 252, 254, 255, 256, 264, 269, 271, 273, 277, 280, 311, 312, 313, 317, 319, 320, 321, 322, 327, 347, 349, 362, 379, 399, 400, 401, 403, 405, 407, 409, 410, 412, 413, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421–2, 450, 459, 483, 503, 512, 519, 520, 521, 523
Lawrence, Stephen 102, 226, 228
Leadsom, Andrea 272, 285, 287, 288, 292, 293, 353, 380
Lebedev, Evgeny 151, 203, 215, 219, 235, 262
Leeming, Matthew 36, 50, 52, 393
Letts, Quentin 57, 198, 416, 508
Letwin, Oliver 75, 243, 244, 245, 260, 261, 262, 267, 373–4, 399, 401, 403, 404, 405, 406, 417
Leveson Inquiry 209
Levido, Issac 413, 417, 418–19, 421, 507, 508
Liberal Democratic Party 93, 108, 111, 160, 206, 228, 240, 263, 321, 412, 417, 418, 521
Liddle, Rod 64, 66, 67, 69–70, 71, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 90, 91, 283
Lilley, Peter 61, 91, 92, 376, 390, 392–3, 403
Lister, Eddie 107, 116, 172–3, 213, 214–15, 216, 217, 218, 223, 224, 231, 242, 249, 250, 251, 252, 258, 283, 388, 390, 402, 414–15, 446
Life in the Fast Lane (Boris Johnson) 96–7
Livingstone, Ken 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106–7, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 122, 123–4, 126, 127, 128, 131, 132, 134, 136, 140, 141, 142, 147, 148, 149, 150, 155, 156, 166, 167, 173, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 213, 215, 252, 253, 254, 255, 267
London & Partners 202, 207–8, 235, 237
London Assembly 104, 114, 141, 164–5
London Curriculum 146
London Development Agency (LDA) 109
London Enterprise Panel 212, 267
London Mayor 98–255, 262, 267, 269, 274–5, 286, 297, 301, 306, 313, 315, 341, 356, 361, 370, 402, 415, 518
London mayoral elections (2012) 172–3, 186–7, 188–92, 341; (2015) 254–5
London Underground (Tube) 101, 107, 108–9, 112, 115, 122, 134, 135, 136, 147–8, 150, 160, 161, 165, 167, 173–4, 188, 216, 223, 240–41, 249, 251, 253, 306, 348; strikes 167, 173, 188, 223–4, 249
Lyons, Gerard 195, 219, 232–3, 264
Macintyre, Helen 142–4, 163–5, 197, 207, 342, 394
Macintyre, Stephanie (daughter) 163, 164, 165, 207, 394
Mackinlay, Craig 239, 377, 382
Macron, Emmanuel 271, 347, 365–6, 400, 415, 458, 459, 460
Mail on Sunday 60, 88, 89, 328–9
Major, John 51, 52, 55, 61, 276, 352, 366, 406, 409, 411
Malthouse, Kit 115, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 184
Margaret Thatcher Lecture, Centre for Policy Studies 220–21
Marland, Jonathan 105, 113, 115, 116, 125, 258, 358, 360
May, Theresa: BJ as Foreign Secretary and 297–8, 301, 302, 309, 310, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 327, 331–2, 344, 345, 346–7; Conservative Party leadership election 233, 235, 279, 286, 287, 290, 291, 293; General Election and (2017) 318–23, 326; Grenfell fire and 326–7; Home Secretary 176, 177, 178, 181, 182–3, 184, 185, 193, 208, 226–8, 246–7, 248; Prime Minister/Brexit and 293, 297–8, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 308, 309–10, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 338, 339–41, 344, 345, 346–7, 348, 349, 350, 351–7, 358, 359, 360, 362–9, 371, 372, 374, 375, 376, 377–81, 382, 383, 392, 402, 406, 424; resigns as PM 380, 381, 387
McAlpine, Alistair 191, 209–10
McDonald, Simon 298–300, 301, 305–6, 310–11, 314, 318, 324, 331, 335, 337, 343–4, 359, 430, 524
Menezes, Jean Charles de 122–3, 136
Merkel, Angela 204, 205, 232, 257, 274, 308, 309, 318, 352, 400, 415
Metropolitan Police 98, 122, 136, 174–80, 224–5, 246–7
Miliband, Ed 212, 219, 222, 234, 239, 240, 241, 259, 408
Milton, Simon 115–16, 125, 126, 133, 157–8, 166, 172, 177
Ministry of Defence 213, 345, 389
Mirza, Munira 115, 146, 388, 390, 402, 446
Mitchell, Andrew 60–61, 70, 225–6, 286, 391
Monckton, Alicia 80, 81, 84, 91
Moore, Charles 55, 60, 69, 155, 422
Mostyn-Owen, Allegra (first wife) x, xi, 6, 18, 33–4, 35, 37, 38–40, 41–2, 43, 44–5, 47, 48–50, 51, 52–6, 472
Mostyn-Owen, William 33, 39, 41–2
Murdoch, Rupert 116, 178, 198, 199, 221, 240, 288, 289
National Institute of Health Protection 524–5
Neil, Andrew 83–4, 94, 386, 419, 420
Nelson, Fraser 222, 327, 349, 365, 378
Nethercote (Johnson family farm on Exmoor) x, 5–6, 7, 10–14, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 484, 497
New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG) 426–7
News International 147, 170, 172, 178, 179, 197, 198
News of the World 50, 56, 80, 97, 105, 165, 171–2, 178, 179, 180
NHS (National Health Service) 92, 136, 199, 213, 271, 275, 346, 399, 402, 420, 428, 430–31, 432, 434, 436, 438, 440, 441, 446, 448, 449, 452, 456, 457, 468, 469–70, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 483, 485, 486, 487, 490, 492, 495, 499, 504, 511, 512, 524
Niblett, Robin 310, 311, 336, 337
Nine Elms development, Battersea 133–4, 157
Norris, Steve 98, 100, 106, 147, 157, 162, 251
Northern Ireland 348, 350, 353, 414, 415, 416, 433
Obama, Barack 270–71, 311, 312
Old Oak Common development 215–16, 218, 251–2
Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) 127, 193
Olympic Park 111, 126, 127, 130, 142, 144, 145, 170, 187, 193, 194, 216, 253
Olympics (2008) 128, 129–30, 193; (2012) 126–30, 142–3, 144–5, 167, 170, 188, 192, 193–5, 197, 198, 210, 212, 213, 213n, 216, 217, 253, 302, 496, 508
Orde, Hugh 139, 182–3, 184, 227
Osborne, George 36, 75, 77, 105, 113, 152, 153, 154–5, 160, 161, 165, 166, 168–9, 175, 185, 190, 197–8, 204, 205, 216, 217–18, 219–20, 221, 222, 224, 229, 241, 243, 244, 245, 247, 251, 255, 258–9, 264, 268, 282, 285, 289, 321–2, 438, 455, 508
Oxford University 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 18, 21–40, 43, 50, 52, 53, 58, 95, 96, 115, 126, 168, 172,194, 199, 229, 257, 281–2, 283, 302, 313, 314, 364, 365, 377, 393, 438, 439, 470, 479, 480, 486; Balliol College, BJ attends 29, 30–40, 41, 43, 89, 127, 257, 321, 393, 471; Bullingdon Club 36–7, 112, 155, 220; Oxford Union 31–2, 35, 37–8, 40
Parris, Matthew 189, 234, 255, 269, 378, 381, 406–7, 417, 501, 503–4
Patel, Priti 337, 358, 391, 455, 504
Peacock, Sharon 432, 436, 439, 440, 441, 442–3, 447, 463–4, 472
Pericles x, 23, 136, 269, 484, 518
Pfeffel, Baron de (grandmother) 5
phone-hacking scandal 80, 97, 165, 171–2, 178–80, 198, 209, 385
Portillo, Michael 75, 76, 98, 112
Pritchard, Amanda 474, 475, 476
Public Health England (PHE) 430–33, 435, 436, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 447, 448, 449, 454,455, 456, 463–4, 472, 474, 475, 476, 487, 488, 491, 493, 495, 505–6, 510, 511, 522, 524–5
Purnell, Sonia 47, 53, 54, 116, 117, 420
Putin, Vladimir 209, 267, 311, 312, 318, 319
Quick, Bob 137–8, 176, 180, 337
Raab, Dominic 283, 354, 365, 367, 375, 376, 379, 383, 391, 484, 488, 494, 496
Rees-Mogg, Jacob 283, 347, 349, 352, 354, 358, 360, 367, 371–2, 375, 376–7, 392, 401, 407
riots, north London (2011) 181–4, 188, 224, 227
Robbins, Olly 329, 339, 348, 353, 365, 366
Routemaster buses 104, 122, 189–90, 201, 217, 253–4, 310
Rudd, Amber 276–7, 287, 288, 333, 346, 368, 379, 381, 383–4, 391, 404, 409, 455
Reuben, David and Simon 111, 143, 157
Russia 27, 151, 214, 299, 311–12, 318, 319, 336, 345–6, 357, 422, 460, 523
Saudi Arabia 312, 313, 344, 357
Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) 427–8, 429, 430, 432, 433, 435, 438, 441, 442, 443, 447, 448, 451, 453–4, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 468, 469–70, 471, 472, 474, 475, 476, 477, 479, 480, 488, 489, 490, 499, 501, 503, 505, 506, 510, 515
Scientific Pandemic Influenza Modelling committee (SPI-M) 429
Scotland: Covid-19 and 433, 435, 448, 459, 464, 509; independence issue/votes 232, 234, 381, 521–2, 523
Scotland Yard 102, 123, 136, 137, 138, 174, 175, 177–80, 182, 184, 185, 198, 224, 225, 228, 247
Sedwill, Mark 390, 402, 424, 428, 449–50, 471, 482, 497, 524
Selbie, Duncan 431, 432, 440, 442–3, 448, 449, 464, 524–5
Servadio, Gaia 33, 39, 41–2, 50
Seventy-Two Virgins (Boris Johnson) 82
Shakespeare: The Riddle of Genius (Boris Johnson) 231, 360
Shakespeare, William 24, 49, 196, 231, 236, 290, 360, 415
Skripal, Sergei 345–6
SNP (Scottish National Party) 417, 459
Soames, Nicholas 242, 267–8, 271, 275, 285, 352, 403, 405, 407
Spectator 37–8, 60, 62, 209, 222, 260, 269, 276, 310, 322, 349, 389, 394, 512, 516; BJ as editor of 37–8, 63–70, 72–3, 75, 76, 78, 79–80, 81, 83, 84, 85–6, 90, 91, 92, 94, 104–5, 135, 143, 168, 176, 241
Spencer, Charles 24, 27, 31, 35, 96, 228, 243, 280, 281
Spiegelhalter, David 471, 502, 505, 506, 510
Starmer, Keir 483, 503, 505, 511–12, 520–22
Steinmeier, Frank-Walter 303, 308–9, 317
Stephenson, Paul 137–40, 174–6, 177–80, 181, 224
Stevens, Simon 436, 449, 471–2, 473, 478
Sturgeon, Nicola 433, 497, 509, 515, 521–2
Sunak, Rishi 384, 461, 471, 473, 488
Sunday Times 71, 83, 112, 325, 399, 410
Supreme Court, British 264, 410, 411, 412, 508
Symonds, Carrie ix, x, 341–2, 355–6, 363, 364, 370, 374, 383, 384–5, 391, 393, 397, 398, 409, 421, 422, 423, 437, 443, 444, 455, 460–61, 469, 482, 485, 497, 498, 504, 520
Syria 253, 299, 300, 311, 318–19, 343, 345, 357
Thatcher, Margaret 25, 30, 31, 35, 37, 43, 44, 48, 51–2, 54, 107, 114, 128, 141, 149, 153, 166, 168, 172–3, 207, 209, 210, 212, 216, 220, 223, 234, 240, 252, 260, 264–5, 290, 322, 359, 360, 449, 521, 523
Times, The ix–x, 16, 42, 43–4, 46, 69, 112, 150, 198, 210, 211, 225, 231–2, 255, 267, 269, 286, 293, 325, 327, 328–9, 357, 362, 378, 380, 413, 416, 417, 445, 500–501, 509
Today programme 134, 420, 461, 512
Top Gear 135
Transport for London (TfL) 122, 128, 145, 147–8, 149, 155, 165–6, 171, 218, 223, 249, 250
Trump, Donald 275, 314–16, 336, 343, 345, 358, 381, 386, 387, 411, 420, 450, 451, 461–2, 485–6, 515
Turkey 4, 7, 34, 74, 129, 272, 274, 275–6, 307–8, 361, 373, 495
UKIP 206, 212, 232, 233, 234, 314, 349–50, 373, 378
United Nations (UN) 9, 67–8, 308, 329, 411, 437
Vallance, Patrick 427–8, 429, 433, 435, 436, 440, 441, 442, 448, 449, 451, 452–3, 457, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 465, 466, 467–8, 469, 471, 476–7, 488, 489, 499, 501, 504, 506, 522
Varadkar, Leo 338, 340, 347, 414, 415
Wadley, Veronica 98–9, 104–5, 113
Wahl (née Fawcett), Charlotte (mother) x, 3–4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10–12, 14, 15, 16–18, 19, 20, 21, 22–3, 25, 28, 32–3, 42, 49, 50, 53, 54, 79, 92, 164, 314, 344, 397, 408, 497, 504, 520
Wahl, Nick 22, 23, 32, 33, 497
Wakefield, Mary 79, 80, 388–9, 482
Walden, Will 197, 208, 211, 242, 247, 265, 266, 270, 277, 280, 281, 282, 283, 289, 290, 302, 355, 390
Wallace, Ben 232, 233, 236, 242, 243, 262, 265, 277, 280, 283, 285, 286, 290
Wheeler, Marina (ex-wife) ix, x, xi, xii, xiii, 15, 48, 53–4, 55–6, 58, 61, 70, 71, 72–4, 77, 80, 84–5, 88, 89–90, 91, 92, 97, 100, 113, 114, 142, 143, 163, 173, 174, 180, 197, 198, 199, 228, 233, 235–6, 241, 242–3, 258, 260, 262, 265, 266, 276, 289, 290, 307, 314, 342, 355–6, 359–60, 370, 385, 386, 393, 394, 444, 483, 484, 520
When Boris met Dave (TV documentary) 155
Whittingdale, John 81–2, 89, 341
Whitty, Christopher 425, 426–7, 428, 429, 433, 434, 436, 440, 441, 442, 448–9, 452, 453, 455, 456, 457–8, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467–8, 469, 471, 475, 479, 482, 488, 495, 498, 499, 501, 504, 522
Williams, Irene (grandmother) 5, 6, 11, 12, 13
Williamson, Gavin 287, 372, 382, 391, 504, 505, 524
Windrush scandal 349, 408, 455
Wodehouse, P. G. 14, 16, 19–20, 21, 23, 36, 49, 71, 202
Wollaston, Sarah 332, 364, 373
Woolhouse, Mark 435, 459, 464–5, 479
World Economic Forum, Davos 144, 204, 205, 217
World Health Organisation (WHO) 425–6, 427, 428, 429, 430, 434, 436, 451, 461, 499
Wormald, Chris 432, 438, 439, 440, 449, 478, 491, 493
Wyatt, Petronella 72–4, 77, 78–80, 84–5, 87, 88–90, 91–2, 97, 142, 143, 163, 207, 210, 269–70, 313, 342, 382, 385, 394
Wyatt, Verushka 72–3, 74, 80, 84–5, 88
Yemen, war in 312–13, 344, 357
Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Nazanin 334–6