It Never Rains But It Pours ...

"TONY Blair was sworn at, booed by the crowd and snubbed by a 12-year-old girl in a day of disasters at the Braemar Gathering yesterday.

In a tumultuous day, the Prime Minister arrived to a chorus of disapproval from a section of the 20,000 crowd sitting near the Royal Enclosure at the Highland games.

The noise was only drowned out by clapping from the rest of the audience when the Queen and Prince Philip emerged from their car.

Police then had to intervene after a member of the crowd ran towards Blair "shouting and swearing" as he sat in the Royal Enclosure. A man was arrested.

Blair’s day went from bad to worse when 12-year-old Erin MacAlpine, who was chosen to present flowers to the Queen, refused to smile at the Prime Minister and described him as a "nasty man". "

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