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A campaigner against the further expansion of Heathrow Airport attempted to glue his own hand to that of Gordon Brown during a Downing Street reception.

The protester, part of the ingeniously entitled campaign group, 'Plane Stupid' was reportedly about to receive an award when he covered his hand with superglue and reached out for that trusty handshake.

Dan Glass, said he "glued his hand" to Mr Brown's jacket as he shook his hand, but that Brown "was just grinning about it. He didn't seem to take me seriously."

A formal press release from Downing Street said there had been "no stickiness of any significance".
mattbrawn

15 responses // Heathrow hater glues himself to Gordon Brown

  • This is a great way to get free jackets.
    BenDorries
  • Did you hear the guy tried to glue himself to the railing outside Downing Street as well but he'd run out of glue. Schoolboy error!

    Apparently he smuggled the glue into the reception by carrying it in small pouches in his underwear. Makes you wonder how good the security is at these sorts of events. Obviously they can't search people's underwear but it makes me wonder what other things people could smuggle in past the metal detectors (and presumably X-Rays) that could harm the Prime Minister.
    richjm
  • Wasn't it slightly odd when the guy grabbed Brown's jacket rather than his hand? 'hey what're you..?'

    I love the Downing Street press release..

    Pity superglue usually needs some time to stick to skin.
    purplefox
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  • Now, who would want to be this close to Gordon Brown? And if you were to glue yourself to a PM, why not try to glue yourself to his hand since a jacket can easily be removed? I don't think this guy really thought things through ... I love Brown's smile though; he has no clue what is going on.
    JanaPokana
  • http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/3813/picture1pq3.png
    Rumour has it that Gordon, was up for the role of Bob Tenor in the Farrelly brothers 2003 comedy "Stuck on You." The role ended up being filled by teen heartthrob, Matthew Damon.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338466/
    joshuaheller
  • What a way to avoid a sticky situation.
    J_Jammer
  • Superglue is supposed to stick anything to everything.

    I think the glue manufacturer must now be very disappointed that their product failed to stick a plank to a knob.
    EclecticBadger
  • Blimey, imagine walking round with his slack, jutting jaw going off all day . . I'd've glued myself to Lembit Opik, the acceptable face of politics.
    theearlofwestfield
  • That wasn't very clever was it? Super glue needs time to dry.
    thekingbeyond
  • Excellent, just beyond words superb.
    mischabarrett
  • http://www.impawards.com/1997/posters/titanic_ver2.jpg
    Superb.
    Mr_Costello
  • I can't think of many people i'd like to glue myself to less than Gordon Brown. Ick. You'd have to close your eyes straightaway otherwise he'd do that gross jaw-y, tongue-y thing over and over and over until you died of revulsion.
    LindseyIndigo
  • Attempting to super-glue yourself to Gordon Brown is a risky proposition indeed - there's a very high chance of him boring you to death before you can get away again!
    constantdisregard
  • The hand to hand shake would have stuck more tightly, but would have increased risk of arrest for assault and battery. A nice idea ... but needs some refinement
    john_do

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