Prime Minister David Cameron has revealed his true priority for 2014 to keep his bald spot hidden.
Mr Cameron was speaking at the annual Westminster Correspondents’ dinner.
The event, revived for the first time since 1974, was an opportunity for Mr Cameron to show off his sense of humour and poke some gentle fun at his tormentors in the press.
Looking out at the crowd of reporters dressed up in black tie in the grand surroundings of the House of Commons Members’ dining room, the PM quipped: “The last time I was at a dinner this posh, Boris (Johnson) spent the rest of the night in prison.”
Tongue firmly in cheek, the PM recounted a day spent canvassing with the London mayor, when a woman answered their knock on the door with the words: “Boris, you’re the father of one of my children.”
A moment’s horrified flustering by Johnson was ended as she added: “It’s your daughter I’m her maths teacher.”
The assembled press, eager to hear Mr Cameron’s plans for 2014, pricked up their ears as he said he was ready to announce “my priorities for the year ahead”.
“Number one,” he said. “Keeping the bald spot under control.”
Mr Cameron ended with praise for Britain’s press, paying tribute to The Guardian’s parliamentary sketchwriter Simon Hoggart, who died earlier this month.
“At its best, the British press and the political press has a vital role to play in our country,” he said.