PM David Cameron playing tennis
Part of the International Paralympics Day in Trafalgar Square was a tennis match beween Prime Minister David Cameron and London’s Mayor Boris Johnson. They were teamed up with members of the paralympic tennis team for a doubles match.
And it was huge fun!
Whatever you think of their politics you have to give David Cameron and Boris Johnson full marks for rolling their sleeves up (literally) and getting stuck in. Especially as they were playing in their normal suits and shoes.
This was a typical London press pack event, probably 30 photographers penned in to a not very big space so it was a matter of little ones at the front and tall ones like me at the back and everyone play nice.
London’s rudest photographer was there and true to form she was complaining. As one member of the Olympics press staff said to me: “She gets up in the morning and starts complaining to herself in the mirror”. That cracked me up.
This was the best shot (which I am sure was also taken by everyone else) showing the Prime Minister returning a serve from Boris Johnson and his team mate. I particularly like the swinging tie.
Someone retweeted the post of this on Demotix and I was pleasantly surprised to find later that night that it had been picked up by the New York Times Photojournalism Picks on the wonderful Flipboard.
If you dont use Flipboard you should, it’s worth buying an iPad for.
