Read more Boris Johnson stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/22464/boris-johnson.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:12:40 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73321/london-mayor-rescues-woman-from-tweens.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLondon Mayor Boris Johnson came to the rescue of a woman beset by a group of “feral” 12-year-old girls. “One of them had an iron bar in her hand,” the woman recalls to the Guardian . “It was as big as her.” Just then, the wild-haired London mayor—“my knight on...http://www.newser.com/story/73321/london-mayor-rescues-woman-from-tweens.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 13:11:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/61475/commuters-down-the-tube-as-strike-hits-london.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLondon commuters faced a trial to get to work today as a subway strike pushed millions onto buses, bikes, and boats. The 48-hour strike began last night after talks broke down with one of the Tube's unions over disciplinary measures against two train drivers. Some lines are running irregularly, however,...http://www.newser.com/story/61475/commuters-down-the-tube-as-strike-hits-london.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 10 Jun 2009 5:14:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61329/london-subway-workers-set-to-strike-tomorrow.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter failing to reach an agreement with management, London Underground workers will go on a two-day strike starting tomorrow evening, Reuters reports. The dispute over worker safety could affect millions of commuters and tourists. London transportation authorities say they will add extra buses and ferries to accommodate the disruption.http://www.newser.com/story/61329/london-subway-workers-set-to-strike-tomorrow.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Jun 2009 16:47:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48331/london-city-hall-will-fly-us-flag-tomorrow.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTomorrow morning, while Washington sleeps, the mayor of London will celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama by hoisting the American flag at city hall. Boris Johnson, a Conservative born in New York who publicly supported Obama during the campaign, will raise the flag himself, reports the Guardian. A rep from...http://www.newser.com/story/48331/london-city-hall-will-fly-us-flag-tomorrow.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Jan 2009 8:09:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45846/sorry-pops-lily-allen-aint-my-mouthpiece.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish pop singer Lily Allen can carry a cute tune, but "spokesperson for her generation"? Puh-leeze, Emily Hill writes in Spiked. Allen's first album, Alright, Still , "soundtracked a summer," inspiring middle-aged music hacks to praise her and London Mayor Boris Johnson to ask for her insight into gang violence. But...http://www.newser.com/story/45846/sorry-pops-lily-allen-aint-my-mouthpiece.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 21 Dec 2008 12:07:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43619/gleeful-brown-is-acting-like-a-drunk-dowager.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGordon Brown, "known as a gloomy old nail-biting misery-guts," has turned into the life of the party ever since the economic downturn hit Britain, writes Boris Johnson in the Telegraph . Deeming that the swooning market and plummeting home prices demand action, he's gleefully launched measures that will incur a deficit...http://www.newser.com/story/43619/gleeful-brown-is-acting-like-a-drunk-dowager.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Nov 2008 10:56:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41118/chill-out-its-a-recession-not-the-apocalypse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf you’re fretting, panicking, or just plain moping about the economy, Boris Johnson has some advice: Wake up and go shopping. “This isn’t some disaster movie about a virus from Mars. It’s a recession,” the mayor of London writes in the Daily Telegraph . “It doesn’t mean we have to line...http://www.newser.com/story/41118/chill-out-its-a-recession-not-the-apocalypse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Oct 2008 12:33:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40549/londons-mayor-plugs-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter President Bush managed an “astonishing double whammy,” damaging both democracy, via Iraq, and capitalism, on Wall Street—“the two great pillars of the American idea”—London mayor Boris Johnson sees Barack Obama as the candidate who can rejuvenate “the greatest country on earth,” the former Conservative Party MP writes...http://www.newser.com/story/40549/londons-mayor-plugs-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Oct 2008 16:00:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35722/after-beijing-pageantry-london-2012-tries-a-bus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Beijing Olympics' closing ceremony was predictably stupendous, with thousands of acrobats and "more orthodontically screened children," writes Guardian columnist Marina Hyde. It certainly ran over the 8-minute tableau promoting the 2012 Games in London. While China spent years preparing its "deliciously understated 16-day world domination infomercial," the Brits decided...http://www.newser.com/story/35722/after-beijing-pageantry-london-2012-tries-a-bus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 25 Aug 2008 14:24:01 CDT