http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5856186.ece
The Times [London]
6 March 2009
Protester throws green custard in the face of Lord Mandelson and walks away
Nico Hines
A female protester hurled green custard into the face of Lord Mandelson today before calmly walking away and evading arrest in an embarrassing security breach. […]
Lord Mandelson later treated the attack with a light touch. “Custard, was it? Not guacamole or mushy peas?” he asked, alluding to the apocryphal Westminster tale in which he once walked into a fish-and-chip shop in northern England and mistook the traditional processed pea dish for a more continental avocado dip. […]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7928328.stm
BBC News
6 March 2009
Mandelson: 'Guacamole or mushy peas?'
The Business Secretary Lord had green custard thrown in his face by a protester as he arrived at a summit on creating a low-carbon economy in London.
After cleaning up, he gave his reaction to the incident.
[Video clip]
[On the legend that Mandelson once mistook mushy peas for guacamole, see Paul Screeton, Mars Bar & Mushy Peas (Heart of Albion Press, 2008), pp. 38-48.]
The Times [London]
6 March 2009
Protester throws green custard in the face of Lord Mandelson and walks away
Nico Hines
A female protester hurled green custard into the face of Lord Mandelson today before calmly walking away and evading arrest in an embarrassing security breach. […]
Lord Mandelson later treated the attack with a light touch. “Custard, was it? Not guacamole or mushy peas?” he asked, alluding to the apocryphal Westminster tale in which he once walked into a fish-and-chip shop in northern England and mistook the traditional processed pea dish for a more continental avocado dip. […]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7928328.stm
BBC News
6 March 2009
Mandelson: 'Guacamole or mushy peas?'
The Business Secretary Lord had green custard thrown in his face by a protester as he arrived at a summit on creating a low-carbon economy in London.
After cleaning up, he gave his reaction to the incident.
[Video clip]
[On the legend that Mandelson once mistook mushy peas for guacamole, see Paul Screeton, Mars Bar & Mushy Peas (Heart of Albion Press, 2008), pp. 38-48.]
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