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Ben Hatton and Miriam Burrell

David Cameron takes swipe at Boris Johnson's Cincinnatus comment in first House of Lords speech

David Cameron has taken a swipe at Boris Johnson during his first speech in the House of Lords, telling peers he will leave comparisons to Roman figure Cincinnatus to the former prime minister.

The new Foreign Secretary joked that he had been no "Cincinnatus hovering over my plough" when referring to his "now-infamous shepherd's hut", after describing Parliament's upper chamber as a "significant upgrade".

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