Boris says awesome things...

It’s good to see Boris out and about. Universities love him – and Carlisle is no exception, reports the News and Star. Better than Alan Johnson, eh?

You can now download a large poster of Boris from the upcoming Conservative Campus campaign here on the Conservative website. Fill your boots, Boriswatchers!

Boris has an unnerving habit of speaking his mind. It’s a great thing, of course – what other politican is so honest? – but this time he’s managed to upset an entire country, as the BBC reports…

We may well be getting a full insight into the world of Boris Johnson very shortly. An article written by Andrew Gimson in The Times – called Bozzer the Bounder – details his journey in trying to get Boris to co-operate with the unofficial tome. Boris doesn’t seem to keen on the idea…

The Telegraph feels it could makes more use fo the likes of Boris, and have come upw ith an ingenious method of giving him more coverage: Describing Boris as an “underused asset”, The Telegraph and ITN have forged an alliance that means we may well be seeing Boris and others on ITN programmes very soon…

Reporter Boris: you couldn’t make it up : The Times delves into the misty past of Boris’s journalistic career, all the way up to becoming the literary superstar of today!

What’s the appeal of Boris Johnson?
That’s what The Guardian’s commentisfree weblog is asking today, after news that Boris’s face is going to be used to recruit students to the Conservative cause. “I must get hold of one of those things,” Boris has said. “It sounds potentially exceedingly embarrassing.” But in fairness it must be a great honour to be the most popular face of the party amongst students. Would you hang a poster like this up in your room? Discuss it over on the commentisfree blog.
This story is now highlighted on Iain Dale’s ever-present blog.

Those Boriswatchers with relatively deep pockets woudl do well to have a punt in the auction about to take place at the King’s Head Theatre in Upper Street, Islington. You can win paintings, be serenaded by Bill Oddie – surely you would raise more by guaranteeing NO serenade by Bill – but plainly the cream of the crop is the evning with Boris Johnson, whih will go to the highest bidder at the auction on 21st September. See here for more details.

Closing date 15th September 2006, everyone! You can be Boris’s right-hand researcher, making sure Boris says the right things at the right time – surely a busy job – and compiling speeches, briefs and reports for the Big Bozza. Here’s more details on the role, and the unusual mothod of applying…