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

When Leaders Try (And Fail) To Get Down With The Kids
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Dina Rickman is an assistant editor at The Huffington Post UK

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:

Getting down with the kids
Tony played guitar(01 of09)
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Here's Blair, pictured during his time as PM, strumming it like he was still in Oxford band Ugly Rumours.
Ed Milibong (02 of09)
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The Labour leader was ambushed when Tom Hounsome whipped out this bong as the snap was taken, and then posted it on his twitter page.Hounsome told The Sun: "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."
William Hague(03 of09)
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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(04 of09)
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Our prime minister is one of the few people to have completed EVERY level of ipad and iphone game angry birds.
Cameron with Clarkson(05 of09)
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Here's Cameron at a festival with former Blur member Alex James and Jeremy Clarkson.
Cool Britannia (06 of09)
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Here's Tony Blair in Number 10, at the height of the Cool Britannia era, with Oasis member Noel Gallagher.
Bono and Brown(07 of09)
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Here's Gordon, just hanging out with his mate Blair.
Tinchy Stryder (08 of09)
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Business minister Norman Lamb is also known as the man who remortgaged his house to help rapper Tinchy Stryder kick start his career.
Hello, Sarah Brown(09 of09)
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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.
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