
journalist
Primer ministro del Reino Unido de 2019 a 2022
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“My friends, as I have discovered myself, there are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters.”
“The EU is 50 years old, it is going in the wrong direction. It is time for real reform. The only way to get that is to leave.”
“We need to realise the depth of the problems we face. Unless we get on and do this thing, we will be punished for a very long time. There is a very real choice between getting Brexit done and the potential extinction of this great party.”
“Frankly, once I pulled the carpets out of the flat in No 11, which is where we lived … the whole thing was looking a bit like a crack den, to be totally honest, and it needed to be refurbished.”
“He can continue to cause damage to the party as he has done so conspicuously in recent years, because he retains a following in the country. That will be exploited by his friends in the popular press. But his real legacy is Brexit, the biggest historic mistake this country has made in peacetime.”
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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson es un político y escritor británico que fue primer ministro del Reino Unido y líder del Partido Conservador de 2019 a 2022. Anteriormente fue secretario de Relaciones Exteriores de 2016 a 2018 y alcalde de Londres de 2008 a 2016. Fue miembro del Parlamento (MP) por Henley de 2001 a 2008 y por Uxbridge y South Ruislip de 2015 a 2023.