The Daily Mail and The Guardian reported that voters in the kids' general election survey, compiled by television channel Cartoon Network, picked out the premiership footballer as their favourite candidate for the, er, premiership. He was followed by Harry Potter. Tony Blair got just eight per cent of the vote. He tied with McFly star Danny Jones.
That was on Wednesday last week. The previous day The Sun had given its version of a nightclub row in which it said Rooney hit his fiancee across the face.
It seems unlikely that the young voters knew this. The time was too short.
But anyway, the same survey showed they thought the most important issues for a prime minis-ter were bullying and violence in schools. They would scarcely have voted in large numbers for someone who hit his girlfriend.
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