
George Osborne
(Picture: Getty Images)Welcome back to the Londoner’s Diary. First up George Osborne announces the birth of his baby boy, Beau. Later today we hear how car theft is blighting London’s top writers and Emerald Fennell bemoans the fact she is yet to master the mysterious art of receiving a free coffee from Pret. In SW1A Tim Farron enjoyed the Standard’s poll that showed the Lib Dems leaping up seven points in Westminster voting intentions and Tory minister Graham Stewart conjures up a disturbing image with a malapropism: he criticised the SNP for its tendency to “chunder from a sedentary position”.