Finally! The first egg of the campaign was thrown today, and David Cameron was the unlucky target.
The Tory leader was hit by an egg thrown by a student as he visited a college thrown in Cornwall.
Mr Cameron, who was yesterday confronted by a giant chicken, joked afterwards: “Now I know which came first – the chicken, not the egg.”
Two things strike me about this story. First, it means the election campaign has really started - only when the water balloons / paint / eggs are flying around can we really feel the politicians are putting themselves out there.
Second, while in other countries this incident might have led to a long spell in the cells, the aftermath here was somewhat different. A Tory aide said the student was arrested and then quickly released after police established he did not have any more missiles with him, while a police spokesman said: "He was arrested but was de-arrested before reaching a police station." How genuinely marvellous.
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