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Libertarian political blog from Mark Wallace; political opinion, breaking news and exclusivesSir Bob Russell’s party pants?
Posted on March 06, 2013Lib Dem MP Sir Bob Russell caused a stir – and a surge in Westminster sunglasses sales – at PMQs today by wearing a blindingly bright yellow waistcoat.
On closer inspection it seems Sir Bob was out to prove his loyalty, as the garment in question featured an embroidered Liberal Democrat logo peeking out from behind his lapel:
Those who were in the Chamber at the time reliably assure me he was wearing socks to match – leading more than one to wonder whether he went the whole hog and wore Lib Dem pants, too.
We must be told, though I’m not sure I want to know…
Egypt’s Morsi faces pants protests
Posted on January 28, 2013The weekend’s violence in Egypt is an important development. Not simply because it is a test of the increasingly authoritarian, Muslim Brotherhood-aligned Morsi Government, but because it has provoked the football “ultras” who were on the front line of the original revolution into all-out conflict with the Brotherhood.
The coverage has been mixed in its analysis and insight, but perhaps the top prize for Egyptian oddities goes to the Metro, who used a Getty/AFP photo of a “protester throwing a stone at police” to illustrate their story this morning. Looking at the image, it’s fair to say that throwing a stone is perhaps not the most notable thing about the man in the picture…
Maybe they fell down by accident and he didn’t notice in all the excitement, or maybe he went a size too small buying some skinny jeans. Who knows?
Maybe this is a clever message, though – Morsi’s Government is pants…