Got to my station this evening only to be met by hoards of people.. my immediate thought was "Bloody trains aren't working!!" then I spotted some camera men and the local TV news folk...
Only then noticed former mayor of London and currant Labour candidate for next year's election, Ken Livingstone, the local MP and a bunch of Councillors out politicking commuters...
One of the Councillors actually attended my wedding (work colleague and friend of Sangeeta's) so I pushed my way to the front to say hi.. realised then I was now in front of the professional journo's so decided to get in on the act, and got my camera out and took a few snaps..
Quite like Red Ken, he the type of politician who calls an idiot a bloody idiot...
Although currant mayor, Boris (full name Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson.. honestly..) takes some beating in the insulting stakes and can offer up some crackers:
On how to vote - "Voting Tory will cause your wife to have bigger breasts and increase your chances of owning a BMW M3."
On George Dubya Bush - ""The President is a cross-eyed Texan warmonger, unelected, inarticulate, who epitomises the arrogance of American foreign policy."
On Tony Blair - "It is just flipping unbelievable. He is a mixture of Harry Houdini and a greased piglet. He is barely human in his elusiveness. Nailing Blair is like trying to pin jelly to a wall."
On the City of Portsmouth - "Too full of drugs, obesity, underachievement and Labour MPs." Hmmm maybe actually true !!!
On the Liberal Democrats - "The Lib Dems are not just empty. They are a void within a vacuum surrounded by a vast inanition."
On using a mobile phone while driving - "I don't believe that is necessarily any more dangerous than the many other risky things that people do with their free hands while driving - nose-picking, reading the paper, studying the A-Z, beating the children, and so on."
Andy are you saying this guys said these thing??? If yes .... I love cause he's so freak'in entertaining. Nothing like a train-wreck politician to liven up a dull day - haha. Btw super nice pic. Excellent capture of interesting expressions.
@michaelelliott oh yeah... Boris is mad... A super intelligent bloke but aproper baffoon... google him if you have the chance... Oh and he's our mayor!!! gotta love people for voting this joker into office...
Fantastic portrait - brilliant grittiness!! Enjoying the Boris quotes too - I suspect you could substitute a variety of places for Portsmouth! I had the misfortune of catching Derek Hatton on the radio this evening - god help us if he makes a come back - I still haven't forgiven him for demolishing Liverpool's beautiful Victorian plant houses - out of spite.
@blightygal Yeah, know what you mean... very nasel...