Talk:Boris Johnson

Latest comment: 20 days ago by Martinevans123 in topic Comment by Queen Elizabeth
Former good article nomineeBoris Johnson was a Social sciences and society good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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Semi-protected edit request on 10 June 2023 (2)

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get rid of mp by his name and hon friba — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vauxhallinsig (talkcontribs)


No, because he is still an MP. See the two discussions of this above. Grachester (talk)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 June 2024

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adding the "commonly known as Boris the Betrayer" after the first line "Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964)" i.e. the opening statement should be:

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964), commonly known as Boris the Betrayer ...

This addition is based on https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-fish-idUSKBN29415G/

which has already been cited as a source. 209.93.249.248 (talk) 16:34, 20 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. M.Bitton (talk) 16:53, 20 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
  Not done per WP:UNDUE. Tim O'Doherty (talk) 16:55, 20 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
This name calling does not really get anyone anywhere. Boris' legacy will be the Ukraine war, he indicated it himself, saying once 'if I cannot help Ukraine, I do not want to be Prime Minister any more." Ukraine mattered to him more than the British people who elected him, it seems, and yes, that's a sort of betrayal. 2001:8003:A070:7F00:354C:446C:623D:E06C (talk) 03:42, 22 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Error in paragraph 2

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Paragraph 2 says Boris Johnson was added to Michael Howard's shadow cabinet in 2001, but Michael Howard was not leader of the opposition at the time. Later in the article, it says Boris Johnson was added to the shadow cabinet in 2004 JDawg37 (talk) 15:48, 2 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Comment by Queen Elizabeth

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In the last few days before her death, the late Queen is now reported to have said of Boris Johnson, who had been replaced by Liz Truss as Prime Minister: "Well at least I won't have that idiot organising my funeral now." This is reported in The Times by Tim Shipman: [1]. Does protocol dictate that this should not be included in this article, even though the Queen is now deceased? Martinevans123 (talk) 11:30, 10 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Is it reported as an established fact in the voice of The Times, or as hearsay? -- DeFacto (talk). 11:55, 10 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
I'm pretty sure Shipman wasn't in the room at the time. So I suspect you would describe it as "hearsay". Martinevans123 (talk) 12:06, 10 November 2024 (UTC)Reply