Stanley Johnson
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Stanley Patrick Johnson (b. August, 1940 in Cornwall) is a British politician including being a Conservative MEP from 1979 to 1984, noted advocate of population control, and father of Boris Johnson.
He attempted a political comeback in 2005 when he stood for the constituency of Teignbridge in the general election. He came second behind Richard Younger-Ross of the Liberal Democrats. If he had won he would have become the first father to follow his son into Parliament.
He has written several books, lives in a pink house, and made an appearance on Have I Got News For You on May 7 2004.
Works
- Icecap (1999, Cameron May) ISBN 1874698678
- The Politics of Population: Cairo, 1994 (1995, Earthscan) ISBN 1853832979
- The Environmental Policy of the European Communities (1995, Kluwer Law International) ISBN 9041108629
- World Population - Turning the Tide (1994, Kluwer Law International) ISBN 1859660460
- Dragon River (1989, Frederick Muller) ISBN 0091735262
- The Commissioner (1987, Century) ISBN 0712615873
- Antarctica: The Last Great Wilderness (1985, Weidenfeld & N) ISBN 0297786768
- Tunnel (1984, Heinemann) ISBN 0434377058
- The Marburg Virus (1982, Heinemann) ISBN 043437704X
- The Doomsday Deposit (1979, EP Dutton) ISBN 0525094687
- Pollution Control Policy of the EEC (1978, Graham & Trotman) ISBN 0860101363
- The Urbane Guerilla (1975, Macmillan) ISBN 0333176790
- The Politics of Environment (1973, T Stacey) ISBN 0854682988
- The Population Problem (1973, David & C) ISBN 0715362828
- The Green Revolution (1972, Hamilton) ISBN 0241021022
- Life without Birth: A Journey Through the Third World in Search of the Population Explosion (1970, Heinemann) ISBN 0434377023
- Panther Jones for President (1968, Heinemann) ISBN 0434377015
- Gold Drain (1967, Heinemann) ISBN B0000CNKG6
External links
- Stanley Johnson (http://www.stanleyjohnson.com/) campaign site
- Channel 4 Election Weblogs - Stanley Johnson (http://www.channel4.com/news/microsites/E/election2005_blogs/johnson_blog.html)
- The Guardian ruined my political career! (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/election/comment/0,15803,1492385,00.html) Stanley Johnson's column May 26, 2005