British MP Mistakenly Thinks 55-Year-Old Dancer Is Liverpool's Mario Balotelli

We don't know too much about Guy Opperman, the Conservative member of parliament for Hexham, but we do hope his policies are a bit stronger than his celeb-spotting skills. 

While sitting in a debate about the government's drug policy, Opperman rather bizarrely noticed a certain Mr. Mario Balotelli popping into the public gallery:

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Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has popped in to Commons Gallery to watch the Drug Policy debate -wearing sharp suit, pink shirt &a poppy

— Guy Opperman MP (@GuyOppermanMP) October 30, 2014"

Just one small problem, Balotelli was over 200 miles in Liverpool, you know, doing his job:

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Mario Balotelli is here at Melwood, not in the House of Commons! #LFC

— James Pearce (@JamesPearceEcho) October 30, 2014"

So who was the sharply-dressed man that Opperman mistook for the Italian striker? The Sun's political editor Tom Newton Dunn had the answer:

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Can confirm the bloke with the yellow mohican in the Commons gallery is not Mario Balotelli. He's a 55-yr-old dancer. Sorry, @GuyOppermanMP

— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) October 30, 2014"

Then finally, the mystery man was revealed!

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First Picture of Not Mario Balotelli here pic.twitter.com/w0ew0AiAx2

— Mark Hughes (@Hughes_Mark) October 30, 2014"

And hey, at least Mr. Opperman managed the make a name for himself:

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Guy Opperman MP, @guyoppermanmp is now trending in #Liverpool http://t.co/VlAIDXtuNJ

— Trendsmap Liverpool (@TrendsLiverpool) October 30, 2014"

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