Wolverhampton turned Boris into committed Tory

By Jonathan Walker on Jun 6, 12 11:13 AM in Politics

Boris Johnson knows exactly when he decided he was a Tory. It was when he worked as a local newspaper reporter "in a place called Wolverhampton".

Asked by the New York Times whether he remembered the moment he knew that you was a Conservative, he revealed: "When I was a 22- or 23-year-old reporter in a place called Wolverhampton. I got impatient with some of the stuff I saw going on about damp and mold, about who's ultimately responsible for improving the ventilation in people's houses.

"I felt that people were being infantilised and made dependent by the system and that the local Labour politicians had no interest in sorting it out, were content to harvest these people's votes without improving their lives."

If the Mayor of London ever does succeed David Cameron as Conservative leader and, who knows, goes on to become Prime Minister, remember that it all began in Wolverhampton.

Thanks to @nedsimons for highlighting the story on Twitter.

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