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'Boris Blimp' flies over London for anti-Brexit protest

The giant inflatable blimp sports 'Nigel' themed pants
The giant inflatable blimp sports 'Nigel' themed pants

A 'Boris Blimp', depicting Boris Johnson, the favourite to be Britain's next prime minister, flew above London's Houses of Parliament, ahead of an anti-Brexit protest.

The giant inflatable blimp sported 'Nigel' themed pants, after Nigel Farage, the leader of Britain's Brexit Party, and had an image of a bus with £350m on it.

This figure points to the disputed £350m a week savings Brexiteers promised once Britain leaves the European Union, according to Mr Johnson in an interview at the beginning of January last year when he was foreign secretary

Pro-European opponents of Brexit held a "No to Boris, Yes to Europe" march in central London.

Britain is currently due to leave the EU on 31 October, more than three years after voting by 52% to 48% in a referendum to leave the bloc.