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We will never know exactly what was said to stir London mayor Boris Johnson into life and to elicit quite such a tongue-in-cheek response from communities secretary Eric Pickles during this photoshoot last week. Suffice to say that Eric gave a firm, but helping, hand to Boris as London's political figurehead signed a £1bn agreement last week with ABP Chinese board chairman, Xu Weiping, to redevelop the historic Royal Docks in Newham.