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Coffee Shots: George takes Boris out for breakfast

Boris and George have been painting London town red this morning. First, the Tory duo took over the Tate Modern at the crack of dawn to show off a very large, and presumably expensive, banner for a speech on a ‘long term economic plan for London’. During this they announced that the London Overground will run 24 hours a day — eventually.

Then en-route to a building site in Edgware, the Chancellor generously opened up his purse to buy the Mayor a sumptuous breakfast at a greasy spoon. In the photo, the chancellor looks lean in a smart suit while Bojo hobbles behind, casting a larger shadow. Surely a coincidence that the unflattering photo of Bojo was uploaded to Osborne’s Twitter account?

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