Boris Johnson yesterday casually dismissed the chiefly Conservative notion of a broken society and demoralised youth as "piffle" in his Telegraph column, referencing the success of Britain's young athletes. While it would appear obvious that celebrating Olympic success hardly requires...

David Aaronovitch points out the flaw in the narrative of a 'broken society' that the Tory frontbench have been talking about. If we look at societies that really are in crisis - such as Somalia - then we can see the massive difference between that and the current situation in Britain. It's odd that I quote from Boris Johnson but, in this case, he is right to say that talk of a broken society is "...

This evening I have been at a gala fundraising dinner for Policy Exchange at Vinopolis near London Bridge. Boris Johnson was the guest speaker and he put in a bravura performance - just the right mix of Borisisms and political meat. Nicholas Boles can be justifiably proud of what he created all the way back in 2001. A lot of people along the way have helped make Policy Exchange the biggest and arg...

Anthony Browne, Director of Policy Exchange for just eighteen months, is to step down and become Head of Policy for Boris Johnson. During his time at PX there was a doubling of staff numbers but a concern that the think...

Anthony Browne, the director of Policy Exchange, is going to work for Boris Johnson as the Mayor's policy director. This means that the job of running the most influential think tank on the centre-right is now up for grabs. Given Policy Exchange's influence on the Tory leadership—James O'Shaughnessy went from being head of research at Policy Exchange to being head of policy for the Tories, a...

Something of a row has broken out in the mainstream media about what David Cameron has called Britain's broken society, as London Mayor Boris has praised the nation's youth who have successfully participated in the Olympic Games in Beijing. In their one-dimensional black-and-white manner, the media are faithfully reporting Jack Straw's claim that this is Johnson saying that Cameron has been

Boris Johnson is deliberately distancing himself from David Cameron by describing the Conservative leader's claim that Britain's is a "broken society" as "piffle", senior Tory sources said yesterday.

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Conservative talk of Britain's 'broken society' is piffle according the Tory mayor of London, Boris Johnson.

Conservative talk of Britain's 'broken society' is piffle according the Tory mayor of London, Boris Johnson.