Johnson steals limelight from Cameron at victory parade
London mayor capped a summer in the limelight when he appeared to reduce David Cameron to an awkward bystander
by Nicholas Watt, chief political correspondent, The Guardian,
Boris Johnson and David Cameron. The mayor of London eclipsed the PM as the government’s face of London 2012. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Boris Johnson stole the show at the parade for the Olympics and Paralympics as the London mayor capped a summer in the limelight when he appeared to reduce David Cameron to a slightly awkward bystander.
The crowds cheered and the prime minister clapped awkwardly as Johnson hailed Britain's athletes for producing "paroxysms of tears and joy on the sofas of Britain" – inspiring both the current generation and the next in the process.
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