His warnings of chaos left business in London reeling, but Boris still has time to play the fool

By PAUL HARRIS

Distress signal? London Mayor waves his flags as he swings in the air after getting stuck on a zip-wire during a stunt designed to publicise Olympic events being screened at London Live in Victoria Park, East London

Oh, dear, what can the matter be? Poor old Boris got stuck; it’s a tragedy.
One moment he was zipping along like a circus clown doing a high-wire act. The next, he was dangling like a wet otter glistening in the sunshine, to borrow one of his recent phrases.
The London Mayor was stranded for several minutes on the zip-wire funfair ride as he slid along it in the manner of a chap delivering Cadbury’s Milk Tray.

Wet otter glistening in the sun: Mr Johnson's mid-air tomfoolery quickly attracted tweets and ribald comments on the internet as footage of the stunt, captured by ITV London Tonight news, went viral on the web

The stunt was designed to publicise Olympic events being screened at London Live in Victoria Park, East London, where the public is also invited to try some Olympic sports.
Zip-wire acrobatics are not known to be part of the competition, but guess what – Boris seemed unable to resist the challenge.

Adopting a Buzz Lightyear posture and waving two Union Jacks, he set off from a 150ft high tower and headed earthwards along the 1,000ft wire. Everything was proceeding spiffingly. Then he stopped

Adopting a Buzz Lightyear posture and waving two Union Jacks, he set off from a 150ft high tower and headed earthwards along the 1,000ft wire. Everything was proceeding spiffingly. Then he stopped.
‘Get me a ladder!’ he pleaded, hanging inelegantly some 30ft up from a harness secured around his crotch. ‘It was going well until now... This is great fun but it needs to go faster.’

Hanging around: London Mayor Boris Johnson attracted more than a few bemused glances from onlookers after becoming stranded on the zip wire in Victoria Park



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