Intrepid Nick Clegg avoids Taliban rockets...

Famous philanderer and Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has found a sure-fire way to get more hot sex: almost being shot by the Taliban. In an incident that will surely provide the Handsome One with enough ammunition to charm even the most chaste of ladies into his liberal bed, the Guardian has revealed how Mr. Clegg was forced to wear protective body army yesterday (though not of the Durex variety) after an airbase that he was visiting in Afghanistan was attacked by insurgents.

Although nobody was hurt, the incident at the British Forces base in Helmand involved 'multiple rocket fire' and numerous sirens going off. Whoever said politicians were boring had obviously never heard of ~~James Bond~~ Nick Clegg...

Clegg's visit to the British headquarters in Helmand's provincial capital came at the end of his two-day visit to the country. Although Lib Dems are opposed to the Iraq war in general, Clegg stated that he felt the mission in Afghanistan was a crucial one:

"We must be much more forthright in explaining why we are here and what the costs of failure are." Unfortunately, he didn't elaborate as to what this might mean.

Clegg also spoke to officials involved in development work in the province, which has been held back by other rocket attacks by the Taliban, along with those by local people. They insisted that the situation was slowly improving.

Written by Oli Anderson on 19 May 2008 10:11 AM. Permalink