Why are politicians handing out medals anyway? Mostly so they can bask in the reflected glory of the success of the athletes, and garner publicity from the event itself.
Given the nature of the event, the paralympics, and the whole issue of disability living benefits,it is entirely unsurprising that Osborne was booed.Cameron got a mixed response when he met Elly Simmonds.I fail to see how hearing a group of people at the sharp end of some of this Governments cuts voicing their disapproval at one of the main architects of these cuts can be seen as "making us look stupid".