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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sarah Phillips

A week in gestures

It all started with a hoodie in Manchester, threatening to assassinate David Cameron with his hand, and in the process providing an already iconic image of Cameron's relationship with the youth of today. (And getting himself arrested in the process.)

The fun continued in Israel a few days later. A little girl gave Dave a thumbs down sign, and poked her tongue out at him. Twice in a week surely couldn't be a happy accident?

Yesterday Paul McCartney revisited his legendary peace symbol pose, as he left courts from his less than peaceful divorce battle with Heather Mills.

Now a full picture has emerged of Tony Blair pulling a slightly cruder gesture, during his more hedonistic days of rock 'n' rebelling.

Why all the gesticulation now? And are there any hand signs you'd like to make at the great and the good?

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