Bacon Butty Blues
If this report in The Independent is anything to go by, someone at Labour HQ needs to get a grip of the way that Ed Miliband is coming across in the media because this damaging narrative that Ed is 'bit of a weirdo' - is beginning to take root in the public mind.
A picture tells a thousand words and the rough and tumble of party politics means that Ed's strange encounter with a bacon sandwich is going to be feature agin and again as we approach the next general election in 2015.
Advisers had to intervene – just a few bites in – when it became clear the breakfast was not going to be an elegant affair
By ADAM WITHNALL - The Independent
After a difficult Monday morning of gaffes and on-air slip-ups, Ed Miliband would have been hoping for an easier ride when he went out and about to meet the working classes today.
Yet despite extensive stage-managing and with a seemingly simple task at hand, the Labour leader still struggled in his bid to look normal and back in touch with the general public.
Mr Miliband said he would be embarking on a whirlwind tour of 10 key locations across five regions of England today, in a last-minute push for votes ahead of tomorrow’s local and European elections.
The first challenge, however, came in the form of a bacon sandwich – that staple for any politician wanting to look like he fits in.
The assembled photographers quickly took an interest after it became apparent that the mound of oozing ketchup and grease could not be tackled elegantly.
And after no more than a few bites the leader had to give up, according to reports in the Evening Standard. Speaking to the newspaper later about yesterday’s disastrous media appearances, Mr Miliband admitted: “It comes with the territory.”
