As a mayor who made London better for all Londoners, and as a good husband and dad.
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Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions
A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 February 2026 source ↗
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View all 215 →As a confident, inspirational and very bubbly person.
As someone that loved what they did, embraced it wholeheartedly and never quit.
Just remembered will do.
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To my father, who was aggressively indifferent to what I was doing. He did say sorry to me when he was dying and I don’t think I was very gracious.
The rest is silence.
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Warmth and confidence.
Edward Bond, the playwright, said I was like a turd flowing on the effluent of British culture.
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