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Section sizes

Section size for Boris Johnson (66 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	11,466	11,466
Early life and education	29	14,985
Childhood	7,627	7,627
Eton and Oxford: 1977–1987	7,329	7,329
Early career	17	33,661
The Times and The Daily Telegraph: 1987–1994	8,780	8,780
Political columnist: 1994–1999	6,083	6,083
The Spectator and MP for Henley: 1999–2008	4,785	18,781
Becoming an MP	10,187	10,187
Second term	3,809	3,809
Mayor of London (2008–2016)	71	37,007
Mayoral election: 2007–2008	2,966	2,966
First term: 2008–2012	6,274	22,682
Policies	8,835	8,835
Relations with the police, finance, and the media	6,213	6,213
Re-election campaign	1,360	1,360
Second term: 2012–2016	11,288	11,288
Return to Parliament	2,885	66,220
Brexit campaign: 2015–2016	10,940	10,940
Foreign Secretary: 2016–2018	41,080	41,080
Return to the backbenches: 2018–2019	2,124	11,315
Journalism	4,862	4,862
2019 Conservative Party leadership election	4,329	4,329
Premiership (2019–2022)	678	150,303
First term (July–December 2019)	1,269	22,417
Brexit policy	12,475	12,475
First Cabinet	3,338	3,338
Loss of working majority	3,319	3,319
2019 general election	2,016	2,016
Second term (December 2019 – September 2022)	53	95,608
Second Cabinet	3,682	3,682
COVID-19 pandemic	34,825	34,825
Immigration	2,886	2,886
Legislative agenda	1,823	1,823
2021 Downing Street refurbishment controversy	6,656	6,656
Owen Paterson controversy	4,535	4,535
Partygate scandal	19,654	19,654
Starmer slur controversy	1,712	1,712
Vote of confidence	3,288	3,288
June 2022 by-elections	3,593	3,593
Pincher scandal	4,817	4,817
Mass resignations	3,633	3,633
Announcement of resignation	4,451	4,451
Environmental policies	5,911	5,911
Foreign policy	3,332	25,689
Hong Kong and China	4,123	4,123
Afghanistan	3,282	3,282
UK–EU trade negotiation	4,323	4,323
Russia and Ukraine	10,629	10,629
Post-premiership (2022–present)	15,744	15,744
Political positions and ideology	12,373	20,235
Immigration and the European Union	6,147	6,147
Unionism and devolution	1,715	1,715
Public image	4,544	4,544
Personal life	7,757	38,483
Religion	6,874	6,874
Relationships	15,106	15,106
Family and ancestors	8,746	8,746
Honours	5,924	5,924
Works	1,053	1,053
Notes	24	24
References	15	1,571
Footnotes	29	29
Sources	1,527	1,527
Further reading	1,228	1,228
External links	6,724	6,724
Total	409,172	409,172

The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future:

Sylvester, Rachel (7 January 2020). "How right wing is Boris Johnson?". Prospect Magazine. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
Helm, Toby (19 January 2020). "Liberal, nuanced, cautious: is this the real Boris Johnson?". the Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
Bellack, Marisa; Laurent, Olivier (22 July 2019). "Who is Boris Johnson?". Washington Post. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
McTague, Tom (2021-06-07). "The Minister of Chaos". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
McTague, Tom (2021-10-04). "Is Boris Johnson a Liar?". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2021-10-18.

Comment: The first three sources may be useful if expanding/updating the Political positions and ideology section. The latter two are fairly balanced profiles on Johnson from 2021 examining his public profile and popularity

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 (talk • contribs)

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

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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

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

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 to 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]