The wisdom of hats
Move over Jamie. This is a picture of the moment I and other TV journos launched our bid for TV cook stardom in the Parliamentary pancake race. Naturally, we journalists battered (sorry) the MPs although I seem to have lost my pancake.
I can't help feeling that I should have followed the advice of the best spin doctors never ever even to think about wearing a hat on camera. Tony Blair was very rarely snapped wearing one - perhaps scarred by that shot of him at Oxford in a straw boater. David Cameron refused to wear one even in scalp freezing temperatures on his dog sled trip to the North Pole. However, Gordon Brown was once caught in a Biggles helmet. And, do you remember (how could you forget) the turban that John Major once sported?!
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Very fetching Nick!!Its good to see people not forgetting that fun is important. OK It doesn't make the serious stuff go away - but it helps keep a sense of perspective
Nick how could you do a piece on hats and fail to mention William Hague's baseball cap?
There's nothing worse than losing your pancake Nick.
Congratulations to the worthy winners. I'm sure you completed all the necessary risk assessment forms before starting though, didn't you? link -
No Nick, no!
Not the pancake!
How could you?
Nick, is that your age on your apron?
I may be a minority but I could't care less about the American election and would much rather hear about what's going on in nearby Europe.
Nick, this pancake that you lost: it didn't have any names, addresses, NI numbers or bank details on it, did it?
Nick?
Nick?!
In 1892 the first Labour MP (Keir Hardie) caused a few murmurs when he took his seat in Parliament wearing a tweed cap.
I thought it was rather fetching