Yes, Boris Johnson did just compare himself to James Bond

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson jumped feet first into the Out camp in the upcoming EU referendum last week.

His motives for doing so have been thoroughly dissected - but of the most interesting additions to the idea Johnson was inspired by personal ambition has come from the man himself in a Times (£) interview this weekend.

In sentences we can't quite believe we're typing, Johnson appears to think 'BoGo' has turned him into a James Bond type character.

Spectre, the most recent Bond movie, was partly shot in Johnson's Mayor of London offices. He told The Times he liked the idea of being a "plucky individual" standing up to the evils of the European Union:

You are in the place where James Bond shoots the evil baddie who is hellbent on subverting democracy around the world through a supra-national organisation... I think there’s a metaphor there.

Thinking about it, the similarities are striking. None of us can believe we didn't spot it before: