A fishermens' representative, speaking on Talkback today, remarked that sending in Michelle Gildernew to negotiate fishing quotas with the EU was like ordering Boy George to fight Joe Calzhage.
Earlier in the year Alastair Campbell called Michelle "as tough as boots", but I imagine this is the first time she has been compared to Boy George.
Any nominations for more unlikely comparisons/inappropriate metaphors etc...?
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Boy George actually does come from a tough boxing family and had been known to throw a punch more than once, apprently.
If they wanted to insult Michelle maybe Jullian Clarey or Graham Norton would have been a better example.