If he views this as a mistake then he should say so.”He recalled how his wife was at home with their young son, Ross, when he learned of the plot to have him assaulted and warned her to be careful opening the door. Nor is there any sense of the oppression one finds in Wahhabi societies.In a disturbing account of an angry incident in London, Boris Johnson's old friend fights back against his detractors in the press.Not a single prominent financier or politician either predicted the economic disaster or has put forward any measure that has the remotest prospect of resolving the crisis.
Darius Guppy (born June 1964) is an Anglo-Iranian businessman. At the centre of the Leave camp’s message resides one crucial concept: sovereignty. Illustration: Guardian DesignStuart Collier with his wife, Jennifer, at their home in Oxfordshire.Stuart Collier looks over a transcript of the phone conversation between Boris Johnson and Guppy. Appearing to indicate he is happy to help supply Collier’s address, Johnson is heard saying at the end of the call: “OK, Darry, I said I’ll do it. Johnson did cause me some concern and I did genuinely think that Guppy was a real threat to my safety.”Collier said anyone reading the transcript of Guppy’s call with Johnson would realise the future politician took the request seriously and was “prepared to do whatever he could to help his old school pal”, adding: “This wasn’t just a joking matter.
Collier said: “I’m just thankful now that years have passed and Guppy is away [in South Africa].”For now, Collier is resigned to Johnson becoming the next prime minister, but he has a message for him.
Fortunately, nothing came of Guppy’s threats or Boris’s involvement.”He does not regret his decision not to take it further with police at the time and has no plans to now. “I just don’t think you’re fit to be prime minister.
At the very least, come clean on all your skeletons in the closet.
I just really wanted to get on with my life. We had a young son, Ross, at the time, so she was a mother at home. Darius Guppy: the US condemns Iran but allies itself with the ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia. I’m sure this is just one of them,” he said.Johnson’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment.Boris Johnson was recorded discussing the beating of a journalist with his friend Darius Guppy. Nor is there any sense of the oppression one finds in Wahhabi societies. Iran does has grave problems but family life is of a quality that has largely disappeared in the west and privacy is respected. Everyone has made mistakes. Main image: Boris Johnson was recorded discussing the beating of a journalist with his friend Darius Guppy. He was formerly a close friend of Earl Spencer, brother of Princess Diana, and the current UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Biography. Illustration: Guardian Design'A couple of black eyes': Johnson and the plot to attack a reporterBoris Johnson was recorded discussing the beating of a journalist with his friend Darius Guppy. “I had warned my wife to be aware of the situation but, over the years, I’ve thought that Johnson could at least have made some approach to apologise, especially as it became more likely he might be leading the Tory party. Darius Guppy, you will remember, is the Old Etonian grandson of Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammed Kazem Assar, jailed in 1993 for a fake jewel robbery insurance fraud. I’ll do it, don’t worry.”After the tape emerged, Collier said, he was interviewed by a police officer. Of all the difficulties that have enveloped Boris Johnson, none has been more damning than his association with convicted fraudster Darius Guppy, a friend since their days at Eton and Oxford. In coverage that ranges from his early days as a journalist to his last senior job as foreign secretary, we will seek to shed light on the exploits, ambitions and values of one of the most consequential – and most divisive – politicians of the age.Asked about Johnson’s explanation that he was acting out of loyalty to an old friend, Collier said: “He might have gone to Eton with Guppy, but loyalty shouldn’t really extend to plotting to have a journalist beaten up. “By that time I knew that there was a plot to find me,” Collier recalled.
He didn’t dismiss it from what I gather … From reading the transcript, he was well prepared to help Guppy find my address and for Guppy to then get me assaulted.”On the taped call, Guppy tells Johnson he wants to scare Collier by getting heavies to give him “a couple of black eyes” and a “cracked rib”. “I do think he [Boris Johnson] should definitely apologise,” Collier said. “I was just keen to get on with my job as a NoW reporter,” he explained.