The flower-power president
The Labour presidential candidate also expresses satisfaction at the lack of “thick” hippies at Electric Picnic and concedes that, given his pro-Palestinian campaigning, elements within the Israeli security state would be as displeased about him becoming president as they would have been with David Norris.
When we meet, Michael D is still on a high from his first foray into the festival circuit at Electric Picnic, where he rubbed shoulders on the bill with other notable old timers such as Public Enemy and Pulp.
