Not wanting to bang on about him like he’s the new Hasselhoff or anything, but I just wanted to link to this excellent article in today’s Guardian.
I think the key passage is the summing up:
…In fact, the prospect of Blaine at the mercy of a good humoured, but predominantly satirical crowd, composed of visitors of all ages, classes and ethnicities, hints at some residual, collective good sense, which can tell the difference between a huckster and a hero, and thus differentiates us from Americans. If Blaine could be induced to stay, for all time, in his silly box, there could be many worse ways of acquiring British nationality by composing some appropriate insult in the English tongue, then throwing an egg at him.
In other news, try a Google search for David nappy wearing fool Blaine. My work here is done.
UPDATE, 12 Sep: Oh look, FARK are organising a flash mob tonight at 9pm. Now I wonder where I can get a laser pen from…