Should have put her foot down......
What must be about 10 years ago I had a ladyfriend from Cornwall come to visit me in Newcastle. I was still living at home at the time, being nothing more than a spotty 6thformer.We had a wonderful week together which came to an end too soon. We had missed the bus to the station where my friend was catching her train home from, so my mother offered us a lift. My mum's driving has never been much cop but when there is the slightest pressure on her to get somewhere it becomes even worse. Cue a horrendous trip through the streets of Newcastle & Gateshead and a good few near misses before pulling into the pickup area of Central Station. We had been in quite a hurry and my mum, bless her socks, was doing her best impression of Nigel Mansell to make good time. Screeching round the corner next to the station entrance in her Seat Marbella (like a Panda, but cheaper and lighter), she stopped just in time to avoid a huge throng of people making their way into the station. It became quickly obvious that the various people diving left and right to avoid the shoddy red car were paperazzi, dripping with microphones and cameras. In the middle of the quickly dispersed crowd was a rather startled and frightened Tony Blair MP(at the time).

Who needs fancy assasination squads? A crazed woman in a clapped out Marbella will do the job much cheaper. I should maybe point out that Tony has never been a hero of mine, so maybe I'm wasting your time.

Apologies.
( peregrinefark, Fri 26 May 2006, 15:34, Reply)