The Government was yesterday left with egg on its face - quite literally!
A team of top Government types went on the lavish "freebie" to visit a new egg processing plant in Nebraska USA.
They were put up in a swanky hotel, all expenses paid by the taxpayer, and all they had to do was put on blue boiler suits and be shown around the factory.
But the yolk was on them, because the state of the art production facility developed a fault when one of the careless freeloader's safety hats fell into the gubbins of the conveyor belt type thing.
It was thanks only to the actions of a menial worker Zeke Buford (37) that a major catastrophe was avoided. Quick-witted Mr Buford managed to hit the stop button before the plant went into "meltdown", but not before the Government delegation was showered by eggy debris.
Nobody from the junket was available for comment last night but a furious Tony Blair is believed to have demanded a full report on their return.
Political analysts see this as another disastrous PR incident for the beleaguered PM and questions are sure to be asked in the House at PMQ's this week.
