Being all-things to all of the people, all of the time, is supposed to be a priority for politicians but this does have its down sides, as a picture of David Cameron in several of today's papers shows.
The Tory leader is glancing over his shoulder during a walkabout in Hastings, east Sussex, after a teenager sneezed into his hand and wiped the contents on Cameron's back.
"Snot guilty," says the Sun describing the attacker, Kingsley Cardi, as a "lank-haired lout". But the Mail quotes the 15-year-old saying the only thing he knew about the Tory leader was that "he had a bad haircut".
"A police community support officer intervened and gave the teenager a slip cautioning him for 'anti-social behaviour towards David Cameron, namely sneezing on your hand and wiping snot down the back of his jacket,'" reports the Telegraph.
The Tory leader made light of it. "That's one of the joys of my job," he said. But should politicians really have to put up with this sort of abuse?
