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Craig Oliver rapped by Today presenters

Craig Oliver
Craig Oliver ... no hood? Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

Radio 4's Today presenters Evan Davis and Justin Webb seemed to relish picking over reports of new No 10 spin king Craig Oliver's arrival at Downing Street for his first day in the new job in their 7.40am paper review. According to the Independent diary, the former BBC news exec who has replaced Andy Coulson was accessorised to the hilt, with designer "cans", iPad, cycle helmet, "Burberry-or-similar-scarf" and manbag – "denoting a middle-aged man keen to convince passersby that he was once deeply into hip-hop". The Today boys gleefully retold most of this gory detail about their former BBC colleague. What has he ever done to you, guys?

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