Attention-seeking politician almost hit woman with his bell end

Jeremy Hunt was left red-faced when a bell he was ringing flew off its handle during an Olympics celebration, narrowly missing an innocent bystander.

The Culture Secretary was ringing the bell enthusiastically on the deck of HMS Belfast when the brass become detached from its wooden handle and shot through the air above the deck of the Second World War cruiser.


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He watched helplessly as the bell disappeared among a group of Olympics fans, his face betraying the horror that a bystander maybe seriously hurt.

But fortunately the bell missed hitting anyone, with a clearly relieved Mr Hunt caught saying: "Oh, oh dear! Are you all right? We nearly had a terrible moment there Health and safety! Are you OK? There we are, disaster averted."