Boris Johnson has turned movie star in a new film about the daily trials and tribulations of being Boris Johnson.

The Henley MP agreed to present a short film, which can only be viewed on the Internet.

The film - or vodcast, as it is known - gives Mr Johnson a chance to let off steam on a range of pet frustrations, as well as displaying his trademark humour.

The vodcast, which lasts just under four minutes, was shot in the Conservative MP's London office, jokily referred to by the grand title of "shadow higher education ministry".

At the start of the film, Mr Johnson, pointing to a computer printer, said: "This printer tells you everything you need to know about the ludicrous health and safety culture of today's Britain.

"We were told for weeks we couldn't get a new printer installed, because the guy with the right health and safety qualifications to carry a printer wasn't available for weeks and weeks. That's the kind of ludicrous health and safety bureaucracy we're going to alleviate."

He added: "I was going to say exterminate, but was told that was too vicious."

Mr Johnson points out a bust of Pericles, the Ancient Greek general and politician, who he describes as "my political hero".

He moves to a banner propped against a wall, telling viewers it was used during a recent protest against the closure of community hospitals.

Mr Johnson said: "There was a huge demonstration in Parliament Square until we were asked to move along by police, because you can't have demos in Parliament Square any more under New Labour's tyranny."

The MP takes the chance to plug his new anthology of self-penned articles, describing it as "391 extremely well-printed pages of undiluted common sense".

He also revealed how he rewards himself after completing a "particularly intellectually stressful" task - eating a piece of cake and holds up a plastic box containing what looks like the remains of last year's Christmas cake.

The film, which can be viewed on Webcameron, the website of Tory Party leader and Witney MP David Cameron, revealed some of the contents of Mr Johnson's desk drawer - a chequebook, some old CDs, and an "enigmatically large piece of blank paper".

He concluded the film by coming to the defence of his fellow Oxfordshire MP.

Mr Johnson says: "I'm a Cameroon. A lot of people worry about us Cameroons, saying we're just a bunch of namby namby, nappy-changing, tree-hugging, solar-powered bicycle-using greens.

He concluded: "It's a very good thing we should be green. Don't you let them stigmatise us and stereotype us. Namby pamby no, green yes."