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These are from the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg.
Boris Johnson is in Essex this morning in a George Osborne outfit (the former chancellor specialised in photocalls featuring hard hats and high-vis jackets – his lasting contribution to British political imagery). For Johnson, it makes a change from being in a hospital.
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