From rugby tackling a small child to the ground to swearing loudly at a cab driver, the Mayor of London has provided the capital with a year of comedy gold.
Boris Johnson’s 2015 saw the floppy-haired politician go flying while playing tug of war beside Tower Bridge, being sworn at by a cyclist on camera, and inadvertently smashing a Japanese child to the ground during a trade trip to the Far East.
The misjudged rugby tackle, which left little Toki Sekiguchi “in a little bit of pain”, came in October – a year after Boris tripped over a nine-year-old boy during a kickabout near the capital.
During a cycling photo shoot on Vauxhall Bridge in November, the Mayor was given the finger by a lycra-clad rider just as the cameras came out.
Five months earlier, a foul-mouthed exchange between the newly elected MP for Uxbridge and a London taxi driver was captured on film in Islington, north London.
The Mayor was caught advising the cabbie to “f*** off and die – and not in that order” after the man told him: “You’re one of them, mate. That’s what you are – one of them.”