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Boris Johnson tells of strong wish to take part in Commons debate on Syria | Boris Johnson tells of strong wish to take part in Commons debate on Syria |
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The London mayor, Boris Johnson, has said he wished he was back in the House of Commons as he watched the recent debate on military intervention in Syria. | |
Johnson, who was the Conservative MP for Henley from 2001 to 2008, told the FT Magazine: "During the whole Syria thing, for the first time in years I wished I was in parliament. I watched that and I thought … I wished. I wished." | |
Johnson this year admitted he would like to "have a crack" at being prime minister "'if the ball came loose from the back of a scrum". But speaking ahead of the Tory conference in Manchester, Johnson said: "I'll tell you exactly where the ball is: the ball is currently at the feet of the scrum. | |
"I am bound into the pack and we are surging towards the line for a pushover try. That's my role: bound in, driving for the line." | "I am bound into the pack and we are surging towards the line for a pushover try. That's my role: bound in, driving for the line." |
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