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David Cameron's LOL Text And Other Politicians Failing To Get Down With The Kids

Posted: 11/05/2012 15:03 Updated: 11/05/2012 15:03

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David Cameron during his 'hug a hoodie' days

When they say politicians should stay down to earth, we're not sure this is what they meant.

But following Rebekah Brooks' revelation over David Cameron's text speak fail - when the prime minister thought LOL meant lots of love rather than laughing out loud - we thought we'd look at other instances of politicians trying and failing to get down with the kids.

From Nick Clegg inspiring a hip-hop musical to Ken Livingstone performing with Blur, to Lembit Opik's appearance in a pop video, there are plenty of examples.

Let us know what your favourite is in the comments:

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  • Tony played guitar

    Here's Blair, pictured during his time as PM, strumming it like he was still in Oxford band <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugly_Rumours_(band)" target="_hplink">Ugly Rumours.</a>

  • Ed Milibong

    The Labour leader was ambushed when Tom Hounsome whipped out this bong as the snap was taken, and then posted it on his <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/TomHounsome" target="_hplink">twitter page.</a> <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/4301920/Got-me-bong-to-rights.html" target="_hplink">Hounsome told The Sun:</a> "My mate offered me £20 to do it. Now everyone thinks I'm the world's biggest stoner, but I don't even smoke. It was just a laugh."

  • Teather stands up

    Liberal Democrat MP <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/09/19/sarah-teathers-awful-stan_n_969945.html" target="_hplink">Sarah Teather's stand up routine</a> was hailed as one of the worst in history - even by politicians' standards. Watch it for yourself and see what you think.

  • William Hague

    The foreign secretary Hague posed for snaps in his baseball hat at a theme park in Cornwall during his time as Tory leader.

  • Cameron's angry birds

    Our prime minister is one of the few people to have completed EVERY level of <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/4046753/David-Cameron-boasts-hes-finished-Angry-Birds-game.html" target="_hplink">ipad and iphone game angry birds.</a>

  • Cameron with Clarkson

    Here's Cameron <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2011/sep/15/day-the-festival-dream-died" target="_hplink">at a festival with former Blur member Alex James and Jeremy Clarkson.</a>

  • Cool Britannia

    Here's Tony Blair in Number 10, at the height of the Cool Britannia era, with Oasis member Noel Gallagher.

  • Bono and Brown

    Here's Gordon, just hanging out with his mate Blair.

  • Lembit Opik

    Just Lembit.

  • Tinchy Stryder

    Business minister Norman Lamb is also known as the man who remortgaged his house to help <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/02/03/norman-lamb-the-business-minister-mortgage_n_1252306.html" target="_hplink">rapper Tinchy Stryder kick start his career. </a>

  • Hello, Sarah Brown

    Through her friendship with Naomi Campbell, Gordon Brown's wife Sarah ended up at at this charity fashion show in 2008 in aid of Fashion For Relief.

  • Ken and Blur

    Did this really happen? Here's Ken Livingstone performing with Blur in 2000.

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When they say politicians should stay down to earth, we're not sure this is what they meant. But following Rebekah Brooks' revelation over David Cameron's text speak fail - when the prime minister ...
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Hugh Albert
Moderation in somethings
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15:54 on 12/05/2012
Charlie Brooks and Cameron were school friends from way back. When Charlie married Rebecca was Cameron supposed to dump him because she was in News International? Most of us treasure our longtime friends, so why not him?
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