Egg thrown at David Cameron [video]
Tory party leader David Cameron had an egg thrown at him while exiting a college in Cornwall. The MP was in Saltash while on his campaign trail and took the opportunity to engage in a debate with students at Cornwall College. After the discussion, while leaving the room, Mr Cameron was approached by a 16 year old attending the meeting, who threw an egg at the Conservative MP.
Witnesses said the Tory leader was unbothered by the aggression and walked off the premises calmly. The teenager who had thrown the egg was quickly arrested by local police, but released soonafter, without being taken into custody. Following the egg incident, Mr Cameron set off to Torquay, where he appeared in a fresh shirt and only joked (in relation to the chicken-dressed newspaper reporter who had been following him throughout the campaign): “Now I know which came first – the chicken not the egg”.
A spokesperson for the college where the incident happened said that the staff were very disappointed with the issue, but that the Tory’s visit had been beneficial to the institution, otherwise giving the students a good opportunity to get involved in the election issues first-hand. Asked about the egg being thrown at Mr Cameron, Gordon Brown declared, while on a visit in Cardiff, that he regretted such incidents and was hoping for a fair and civil campaign.
Related posts:
Loading ...