Friday, April 17, 2009

Nick Clegg cleans windows in Bristol

The Glasgow Herald reports:
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg rolled up his sleeves yesterday to clean windows at a hostel for the homeless.

The MP washed two windows at the five-storey Salvation Army-run block in Bristol to see how social enterprise company Aspire provides jobs for the long- term unemployed and homeless.
I'm not sure why this story made it into a Glasgow paper. Anyway, follow this link for a video of the event.

8 comments:

  1. Didn't George Formby write a song about this?

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  2. Eeeh - turned out nice again

    (I bothered to follow the link)

    GF used to have a house on the Norfolk Broads and it gets pointed out on a daily basis even though he's been dead for 48 years.

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  3. I have now watched the video.

    It makes a change from "My Little Stick Of Blackpool Rock", which I understand Clegg has performed no more than thirty times.

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  4. Don't forget the other Formby window-cleaner classic:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdHtOTaN5ic

    "Mr Clegg's a window cleaner now", anyone?

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  5. Where's me washboard?

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  6. There was a short clip of the Clegg event on a TV channel that I happened to see. He looked decidedly shaky.

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