My soft spot for Boris, the 'walking melting pot'

Evening Standard - London;  July 17, 2007 ;     465 words ......that I have a sneaking affection for Boris Johnson, who has declared himself a runner...candidacy. Some hate the fact that while Boris may affect a bumbling persona, he's actually...politician. Some say that he's a gaffe-prone toff. I say: wasn't it always thus with the...And at least by shooting his ...

Media: The whole thing was a demeaning stunt. But why should Boris worry?...

The Independent on Sunday;  October 24, 2004 ;     700+ words ......debate is hard to explain. It cannot just be Boris, for Boris is quite young and relatively new upon the scene. The fact...elsewhere so much more than would appear justified, just like Boris himself. It sells around 65,000 copies a week, for a high price of pounds 2.50, and it makes a profit. Even BB ...

Mr Toff targets cup class

The Press;  October 28, 2005 ;     313 words ......s $60,000 Feilding Cup (2100m) with Mr Toff. Kennedy served his apprenticeship in the...A five-year-old by Personal Escort, Mr Toff has been based with Hastings trainer Marlene Todd since travelling north in August. Mr Toff has had three starts and could not have...

Boris can see off the accusations of toffery ; Now that Johnson has won...

Evening Standard - London;  September 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ......heartfelt orgy of Boris- bashing. Mr Johnson...Jack Dromey, a "tufty toff from Eton" who was...personal assault that Boris is a "member of the...real credibility. The toff accusation is a bit...they are. Yet the "toff " tactic cannot simply...would disqualify Boris from the ...

ELECTION 2001: ON THE TRAIL OF ... Boris Johnson: Hair apparent turns...

The Independent - London;  May 13, 2001 ;     700+ words ......fringe out of his eyes. "I am Boris Johnson." The people of Henley...image as a self-deprecating toff on Have I Got News For You...past few years. "Oh good," says Boris. "Wonderful. Splendid. Cheerio...interest you in a leaflet?" Boris asks a man of military bearing...them. That won't happen with ...

Election 2001 From Press to Parliament Mop-top Boris wants to be more than...

The Scotsman;  May 17, 2001 ;     700+ words ......opinion polls suggest, Alexander Boris de Pfellel Johnson will become...Balliol educated, is not a typical toff. For a start, he is one of the...by his (adopted) first name: Boris. For the uninitiated, he is...shirt and tie at the same time, Boris could quite easily be dismissed...with the ...

As a mother, I'm worried about what London will do to Boris Matriarch to...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  May 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ......fortnight has passed since her eldest son Boris (or Alexander, as his family calls him...television or the radio I would hear the word 'Boris' and seize up again." Matriarch of one of our most illustrious families (after Boris, 43, comes Rachel, 42, a novelist and journalist...

Boris must bore for Britain till he wins - and then shine like Tennyson's...

The Spectator;  April 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Not that he will have lost any sleep over such advice. Boris isn't the type to pore over comment pages, thank God. He...than that. Frankly, we at The Spectator would all be doing Boris a favour if we pretended not to support him at all.' I...Etonian should be allowed within five miles of his campaign. ...

BORIS GONE-SON; He's sacked after lies over sex with mistress Petronella...

Sunday Mirror (London, England);  November 14, 2004 ;     634 words ......Editor, and KAREN ROCKETT MARRIED Tory toff Boris Johnson was sensationally sacked last...revealed in last week's Sunday Mirror. Boris fell for Petronella in 2001 when he...lose his job. Despite being dumped by Boris and aborting his child after he claimed...

TWO -GAGS PRESCOTT; Deputy PM hams it up as the TOFF.(News)

The People (London, England);  May 22, 2005 ;     159 words ......always been exceptionally good at playing a toff. The deputy prime minister - dubbed Two...down to the ground. Prescott also wore a toff's bow tie in Dickens's David Copperfield...CAPTION(S): ONE BIG ACT: Prescott as a toff with schoolmate Brian and, right, in a...

toff

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      37 words ...toff / täf / Brit., informal • n. derogatory a rich or upper-class person. ORIGIN: mid 19th cent. : perhaps an alteration of tuft , used to denote a gold tassel worn on the cap by titled undergraduates at Oxford and Cambridge.

How Polly got an eyeful of Boris in the buff ; Pandora

The Independent - London;  July 30, 2007 ;     224 words ...Polly Toynbee and Boris Johnson have long been flashing white knuckles at one another. When Boris announced two weeks ago that he'd stand...MP, a man she dismissed as a "jester, toff, self-absorbed sociopath and serial liar...course far more aristocratic than those of Boris: she descends from the 9th ...

Bird sings to Boris's tune in Mayoral race ; The Londoner's Diary

Evening Standard - London;  October 22, 2007 ;     195 words ......of London and is considering support for the Tory candidate Boris Johnson. "I haven't been in talks with Boris yet but would be interested in doing so," Bird tells me...benefits and work." Bird's endorsement would be useful for Boris, whose campaign has been dogged by accusations he is too much of a ...

No bottle behind Blue Boris's smile.(Features)

The Mirror (London, England);  May 5, 2008 ;     499 words ......MANY years ago I lived on the same North London street as Boris Johnson. I always liked Boris. But I couldn't bring myself to vote for him. In many ways, Boris is a remarkable man. Where's the substance, you ask? Well...someone who can laugh at himself and the world. A privileged toff? ...

Vic: Labor attacks "Ted the toff"

AAP General News (Australia);  May 6, 2006 ;     151 words ......05-06-2006 Vic: Labor attacks "Ted the toff" MELBOURNE, May 6 AAP - The Victorian Liberal...vicious attack from Labor, who say "Ted the toff from Toorak" is also described that way...own colleagues describe him as Ted the toff from Toorak," Mr Hulls told the Herald...