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David Cameron is struck by an egg | David Cameron is struck by an egg |
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Conservative leader David Cameron has been hit by an egg apparently thrown by a construction student. | Conservative leader David Cameron has been hit by an egg apparently thrown by a construction student. |
Mr Cameron was in Saltash, Cornwall, when he was hit on the shoulder. | Mr Cameron was in Saltash, Cornwall, when he was hit on the shoulder. |
BBC political correspondent Carole Walker said the egg was thrown by the student as the Conservative leader left a college he had been visiting. | BBC political correspondent Carole Walker said the egg was thrown by the student as the Conservative leader left a college he had been visiting. |
Mr Cameron, who has been followed by a Daily Mirror reporter dressed as a chicken, joked: "Now I know which came first - the chicken not the egg." | Mr Cameron, who has been followed by a Daily Mirror reporter dressed as a chicken, joked: "Now I know which came first - the chicken not the egg." |
He said the egg was the "first of the campaign". | He said the egg was the "first of the campaign". |
Carole Walker added that Mr Cameron was "unruffled" and continued on his way out of the building. | Carole Walker added that Mr Cameron was "unruffled" and continued on his way out of the building. |
The remnants of the egg thrown at David Cameron | The remnants of the egg thrown at David Cameron |
She added that although the egg did strike Mr Cameron's shoulder, it was his protection officer who took the full force of the mess. | She added that although the egg did strike Mr Cameron's shoulder, it was his protection officer who took the full force of the mess. |
The yolk also stained Mr Cameron's white shirt. | |
A 16-year-old student - who was wearing a hooded top - was arrested briefly but then released. | A 16-year-old student - who was wearing a hooded top - was arrested briefly but then released. |
According to a Conservative aide, the young man was quickly released after police established that he was not carrying any more missiles. | According to a Conservative aide, the young man was quickly released after police established that he was not carrying any more missiles. |
Speaking to young people inside the college before the incident, Mr Cameron shrugged off opinion polls pointing to a hung parliament. | Speaking to young people inside the college before the incident, Mr Cameron shrugged off opinion polls pointing to a hung parliament. |
He said: "Polls go up, polls go down. I've been leader of this party for four and a half years, I've been 10 points ahead, I've been 10 points behind. | He said: "Polls go up, polls go down. I've been leader of this party for four and a half years, I've been 10 points ahead, I've been 10 points behind. |
"What I'm interested in is the big poll on 6 May, when people really have to choose five more years of Gordon Brown - the uncertainty, the bickering, the haggling of a hung parliament - or a decisive clean break with the Conservatives." | "What I'm interested in is the big poll on 6 May, when people really have to choose five more years of Gordon Brown - the uncertainty, the bickering, the haggling of a hung parliament - or a decisive clean break with the Conservatives." |
Mr Cameron's response was more restrained than that of former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, who punched a protester who threw an egg at him during the 2001 election campaign. | Mr Cameron's response was more restrained than that of former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, who punched a protester who threw an egg at him during the 2001 election campaign. |
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