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A previous regular customer was Boris Johnson when he lived in the area near Highbury and Islington station. Indeed, the two men became brothers in arms some years ago when the then backbench MP defended Mr Bhatt who had been arrested for using a baseball bat he kept under his counter to confront a drunk thief.
Mr Johnson denounced the police, adding: ‘He is a model of politeness. As soon as he spies some Islington Lefty approaching, he has The Guardian ready furled. If someone forgets their change, he calls out “Change!”, and his general affability ensures that he does pretty well.’
The police dropped the case – and Mr Bhatt was inevitably given the nickname ‘Baseball Bhatt’.
Last night, the Prime Minister told The Mail on Sunday: ‘I am so sorry to hear about Harendra – a cheery independent newsagent who rightly defended his shop against thugs many years ago. My thoughts are with all his family and friends.’ Horse Show Mom Shirt, hoodie, tank top
Mr Johnson, a Financial Times and Private Eye buyer, would often spend ten minutes putting the world to rights with his newsagent.
Indeed, there was no such thing as ‘just popping in’ to Mr Bhatt’s shop. Some people admitted there were days when he would make them late for work.
Clive Anderson recalled: ‘He was incredibly forthright and had a huge amount of knowledge of what was going on in the world. He was always very interested in what was going on in people’s lives, too, and had an uncanny ability to know what paper or magazine I was coming in to buy.’
Mr Anderson recalled an occasion when they both stopped a thief who was removing a bicycle from railings outside the shop.
‘He was always there to help people out,’ he said.
Tweets from Clive Anderson and other fans commemorating the late newsagent who was deemed a local legend
Among those paying tribute to him last week were comedian and broadcaster Clive Anderson (right) and Radio 4 Today presenter Nick Robinson (left)
The BBC’s Nick Robinson said: ‘He greatly admired Boris Johnson and he absolutely loved it that Boris called him Mr Baseball Bhatt. He was a super guy and it is a really sad loss that he is gone.’
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