Nice to see you, to see you...at No 10

"What do pounds make?" cried Sir Bruce. "Rich people!" shouted back an excited Prime Minister and Chancellor, right on cue, in a sequence of events that may or may not have occurred at No 10 when the entertainer, 83, gave a recent impromptu performance.

Brucie, knighted this year after a campaign by fans, reportedly delivered the "full repertoire of his gags" at the invitation of Mr Cameron's policy adviser, Steve Hilton.