This is impressive.
How many of Boris' fellow politicians would react similarly? How many people, at all?
As Paul Waugh rightly says:
But then she gives a quote that Boris could use on his election posters in 2012:"If you find yourself down a dark alleyway and in trouble I think Boris would be of more use than Ken."
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