Boris Johnson took son Wilfred to see his grandfather last night - carrying him on his shoulders to a bookshop where Stanley was launching his latest read.
The event was in Marylebone and held to promote Mr Johnson senior's From Antique Lands tome.
A witness said that the Prime Minister seemed well-prepared for the evening event at Daunts and looking after his son.
The PM was seen with a bottle of milk stashed in his pocket to feed him if he got hungry.
It was a quick turnaround as pictures earlier that evening saw him land back from his holiday with wife Carrie.
He looked less than delighted to be back from holiday today amid mounting fears the supply chain shambles will wreck Christmas.
The PM put on a grumpy face as he larked around with pupils on a visit to a school in Bristol, where he is holding a Cabinet away-day.
He returned last night from his break in Spain, where he relaxed with wife Carrie and son Wilf at a £25,000-a-week villa.
But after a few days painting in the sunshine, Mr Johnson is confronted by more turmoil as he struggles to get a grip on the shortage of lorry drivers, delays at ports and surging energy prices.
Boris Johnson took son Wilfred to see his grandfather last night - carrying him on his shoulders to a bookshop where Stanley was launching his latest read
The event was in Marylebone and held to promote Mr Johnson senior's From Antique Lands tome. A witness said that the Prime Minister seemed well-prepared for the evening event at Daunts and looking after his son as he was pictured with a bottle of milk in his pocket
Boris Johnson larked around with pupils as he visited a school in Bristol today after returning from his holiday in Spain
With fears that the festive season could be blighted by logjams as the global economy recovers from Covid, panic buying of toys and other products already seems to have begun.
There has also been a surge in sales of frozen turkeys, while 75 per cent more Christmas puddings have been purchased than usual at this time of year.
Ministers have made some small changes to visa rules to allow in 5,500 HGV drivers, 5,000 workers in poultry processing and some 800 butchers to handle pigs and pork.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said this morning that foreign lorry drivers will be able to make unlimited pick-ups and drop-offs domestically in an effort to ease the pressure - but he admitted it would not come in until 'towards the end of the year'.
'That's the equivalent of adding thousands of lorry drivers to the road, but we don't have to do anything with visas in order to do this,' he told Sky News.
Boris Johnson plants flower bulbs with school children, during a visit to Westbury-On-Trym Church of England Academy in Bristol today
'It's a straightforward measure, it'll come in towards the end of the year.
'People will be able to get things for Christmas – these measures are having an impact, things are loosening up.
'When I talk to ports they're saying 'yes, it is busy, it's a globally busy picture', but if you compare us to many ports around the world, we need to keep this in proportion – things are flowing.'
But Tim Morris, head of the Major Ports Group, which represents operators, said that despite the Government saying the supply chain crisis is getting
