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| Boris terminates 'cyborg' Arnie | Boris terminates 'cyborg' Arnie |
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| It has taken a whole year - but London mayor Boris Johnson has finally got his own back on Arnold Schwarzenegger. | It has taken a whole year - but London mayor Boris Johnson has finally got his own back on Arnold Schwarzenegger. |
| As he was waiting to address last year's Tory conference via video link, the California Governor seemed highly amused by Mr Johnson's speaking style. | As he was waiting to address last year's Tory conference via video link, the California Governor seemed highly amused by Mr Johnson's speaking style. |
| In a a clip which became a hit on YouTube, he can be heard whispering to aides about Mr Johnson "fumbling". | In a a clip which became a hit on YouTube, he can be heard whispering to aides about Mr Johnson "fumbling". |
| But now the London mayor has had the last the laugh, describing "Arnie" as a "monosyllabic Austrian cyborg". | But now the London mayor has had the last the laugh, describing "Arnie" as a "monosyllabic Austrian cyborg". |
| He made the quip at the start of his speech to this year's Tory conference - his first to that gathering since he beat Labour's Ken Livingstone to the London mayoral crown. | He made the quip at the start of his speech to this year's Tory conference - his first to that gathering since he beat Labour's Ken Livingstone to the London mayoral crown. |
| Mr Johnson - always a favourite at Tory conferences - was given a rapturous reception by party representatives in Birmingham. | Mr Johnson - always a favourite at Tory conferences - was given a rapturous reception by party representatives in Birmingham. |
| He told them: "Thank you very much for that welcome. Much more generous than in 2006 when I was physically pelted with pork pies by the press corps or last year when my speaking style was criticised by Arnold Schwarzenegger. | He told them: "Thank you very much for that welcome. Much more generous than in 2006 when I was physically pelted with pork pies by the press corps or last year when my speaking style was criticised by Arnold Schwarzenegger. |
| "And it was a low moment, my friends, to have my speaking style denounced by a monosyllabic Austrian cyborg. | "And it was a low moment, my friends, to have my speaking style denounced by a monosyllabic Austrian cyborg. |
| "But I can say now to Arnie that in spite of all his doubts and though there was a great deal of suspense until the final reel, Ken Livingstone was terminated." | "But I can say now to Arnie that in spite of all his doubts and though there was a great deal of suspense until the final reel, Ken Livingstone was terminated." |
| He added that he was not Mr Livingstone's Terminator but the "people in this hall who did it". | He added that he was not Mr Livingstone's Terminator but the "people in this hall who did it". |
| Mr Johnson also playfully acknowledged Tory leader David Cameron's warning to the party to avoid complacency, saying: "I know this is not time for triumphalism, Dave" before going on to list some of his early achievements as mayor "in a strictly non-triumphalist way". | |
| Mr Cameron - said by some pundits to fear a challenge from Mr Johnson for the party leadership at some stage - was seen laughing heartily at the London mayor's jokes, as he sat in the audience. | Mr Cameron - said by some pundits to fear a challenge from Mr Johnson for the party leadership at some stage - was seen laughing heartily at the London mayor's jokes, as he sat in the audience. |