The job of mayor of London is unbelievably taxing, particularly in the run-up to the Olympics.

Do you seriously propose that they are going to be so insane as to allow tariffs to be imposed. The EU is, I'm afraid a job destroying engine. You can see it all across southern Europe, you can see it, alas, in our country.

I want to win and I want to be in office.

My chances of being PM are about as good as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars, or my being reincarnated as an olive.

I love swimming in rivers, and well remember once jumping in at Chiswick.

I think I was once given cocaine but I sneezed so it didn't go up my nose. In fact, it may have been icing sugar.

My policy on cake is pro having it and pro eating it.