Cameron has gritted his teeth to comment on Boris’ high-flying success:
“If any other politician anywhere in the world was stuck on a zip wire it would be a disaster. For Boris, it’s an absolute triumph.”
Apparently “London is very lucky” to have him. He couldn’t sound more like he doesn’t want him…
Yesterday the Sun reported of the Mayor:
“In a surprise visit to the beach volleyball in Horse Guards Parade, he also patented the “Boris wave”. He tried to get the 15,000 crowd to do a Mexican wave but his initial effort prompted everyone to stand and throw their hands up at the same time.”
Today he’s reached even greater heights. Tomorrow?
Find out what the Guardian‘s live blogger said about his readers during Bradley Wiggins’ gold medal performance this afternoon…
Only on Media Guido…
There have been celebrations all round today as Bradley Wiggins won gold in the cycling, but there was one man at Guardian HQ without a smile on his face. Barry Glendenning was in charge of the Wiggins live blog when the internet went down at Hampton Court, provoking a shower of complaints. To say that Glendenning failed to handle the situation in a calm and collected manner would be an understatement:
Now that’s customer service…
It can’t be much fun working in the LibDem Press Office, but they deserve some credit this afternoon after slapping down their Labour counterparts on twitter:
@labourpress Sorry, we've been busy running the country. #Coalicious
— Lib Dem Media Team (@LibDemPress) August 1, 2012
Miaow!
There’s been some more bad news for Piers Morgan today.
Read all about it over on Media Guido…