Yesterday in Camden, campaigning for Boris. I approached the bloke on the right of this picture.

“Have a Back Boris badge!”

“Boris Johnson?”

“Yes.”

“He’s here?”

“Yes.”

“I like Boris. But I wouldn’t vote for him. He’s a… bit of a clown, isn’t he?”

“Would you like to meet him?”

“No, it’s all right…”

“Go on,” I said, backed up by a friendly councillor. “Why don’t you meet him?”

So they met. Boris turned out to be a good listener, the stallholder - I bet - saw far beyond the clowning. They talked quite like old friends: I was impressed.

Still, if you do want a laugh there are plenty more photos of the day here.