Boris shops for Eastleigh votes

Traffic was brought to a standstill in Hampshire as London Mayor Boris Johnson went shopping. He popped into a supermarket, not to get his weekly shop, but to pick up votes. There's just a week to go until the Eastleigh by-election. Political Correspondent Phil Hornby reports.

The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has been out on the campaign trail at a supermarket, helping the Conservatives' Eastleigh by-election candidate.

Boris Johnson is in Eastleigh on the by-election campaign trail. The Mayor of London is the latest in a line of heavyweight Conservatives supporting the Tory candidate Maria Hutchings. Read more about the Eastleigh by-election by clicking here.

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