Ministry for Civil Disobedience
George Galloway: 'my rubber ball hell'
Chances are - if you happen to live in our glorious overpriced capital - that you've recently borne witness to the sight of George Galloway cruising around on his open-top campaign bus, babbling into his loudspeaker like a man possessed. Ironically George seems intent on preaching the word of 'Respect', which seems a little peculiar given that he's paying precisely no heed to a) noise pollution levels, b) oncoming traffic and c) the bad tempers of weary commuters.
Well - it looks like the levee finally broke. While trundling along Procter Street in Holborn at around 2pm yesterday, some cheeky scamp in a nearby office threw a rubber ball at the crusading politician. The missile was unfortunately more significant than expected, though, with George losing his balance and falling over, hitting his head. Which, while amusing to certain childish types, definitely isn't funny. You hear us? It definitely isn't.
Galloway's aide Kevin Ovenden described the ordeal as follows:
"It hit George on the left side of his head, on the temple. He was momentarily dazed and because of the impact of the blow he lost his balance and hit the other side of his head on the side of the bus. There is a nasty bruise on the side of George's head, but he will continue campaigning for the local elections."
So the Georgester's not going to let a minor tumble caused by a rubber ball stop him? Well done, sir. Westmonster salutes your courage, your strength and your indefatigability.
No such heroic stance from the object-throwing culprit, however. Police confirmed that they have arrested an 'office worker,' who spent the day in custody at a North London station. Mind you - that was probably more fun than dealing with that pile of spreadsheets next to his desk, eh?
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