British Business Secretary Beaned with Green Custard by Protester

British business secretary Peter Mandelson got ‘slimed’ with a cup full of green custard on Friday by a protester associated with Plane Stupid, the UK direct action group that’s seeking to stop a new runway from being built at London’s Heathrow airport. Mandelson has been accused of putting business before the planet in Britain, drawing the ire of environmental groups.

From Yahoo News:

Mandelson was arriving for a London summit on carbon strategy when protester Leila Deen approached him and hurled a large cupful of custard straight in the former European Union trade commissioner’s face, at close range.

Mandelson bent over, turned away and hurried inside, while the protester picked up papers she had dropped and calmly walked off.

“Mandelson is trying to make political capital out of climate change,” said serial campaigner Deen, a member of the group Plane Stupid, which has staged several protests over plans to build a third runway at Heathrow.

“The only thing green about Peter Mandelson is the slime coursing through his veins.

“We can’t let the ‘Prince of Darkness’ cast his shadow over west London” — a reference to Mandelson’s nickname earned for his media spinning skills.

Mandelson was unfazed, telling reporters that he’s glad people are speaking their minds but would rather they “said it to my face rather than threw it in my face.”

Green custard? That’s a new one. Creative. Not quite as messy or wasteful as pies. But, don’t expect it to become the new in thing to throw at people you don’t agree with – bookmaker William Hill is taking bets on which popular dessert will next be thrown at a government minister, and spotted dick is the odds-on favorite. I don’t know what spotted dick is, exactly, but it sounds like something that should be thrown and not eaten.

Link [Yahoo News]

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