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Britons are pleading with their
Prime Minister, David Cameron to stay away from their remaining events at the
ongoing Olympics. This followed the
evaporation of another British hope of a medal at the Games on Monday.
The Prime Minister took the tube
to Stratford to cheer on Tom Daley and Peter Waterfield as they went for gold
in the synchronised diving.
The pair were leading the field
until the TV cameras picked out Mr Cameron in the crowd, grinning from the
cheap seats.
They went on to blow their
chances with a messy dive which left them finishing fourth, just missing out on
the medals.
The disappointment was the second
witnessed by the PM during the Games, sparking jibes about the “curse of
Cameron”.
He also turned out to support
British cycling hero Mark Cavendish, who was favourite for gold in Saturday’s
men’s road race but ended up finishing 29th.
Mr Cameron was also at Wimbledon
a few weeks ago to see Andy Murray throw away a lead against Roger Federer.
And the PM was left red faced
when he watched England get beaten by Germany in the 2010 World Cup alongside
Chancellor Angela Merkel at a G8 meeting in Canada.
Last night the Curse of Cameron
had not escaped the notice of Twitter users.
Several people went on the
website to brand Mr Cameron a jinx and urge him not to watch other British
medal hopefuls in the wake of Daley and Waterfield’s fourth place finish.
One, Jim White, said: “David
Cameron watching Tom Daley, after being at cycling on Saturday. His desperate
effort to associate with gold is turning into a curse...”
Mike Forster said: “I blame David
Cameron #jinx.”
Nick Barlow said: “David Cameron:
please keep your medal jinx away from the Hampton Court area on Wednesday.”
Another user named Nick said:
“Don’t turn up at the gymnastics, Cameron #jinx.”
And Phil Cain said: “Is David
‘Photo opportunity’ Cameron going to jinx the Brits again!”
But the pleas to stay away fell
on deaf ears with a spokesman for the PM insisting that he will continue to
support British competitors whether they like it or not.
The spokesman said: “Like
everyone else, he likes to show his support for British teams, whatever the
sport may be.
“Those teams don’t always win,
but that’s not a reason not to support them.”
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