{"id":63436,"date":"2026-06-24T19:22:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T11:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=63436"},"modified":"2026-06-24T19:22:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T11:22:06","slug":"sfa-issues-plea-after-diner-is-seen-eating-from-hawker-centre-table-ikea-reminds-shoppers-not-to-eat-in-showroom-displays-after-viral-photo-singapore-live-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=63436","title":{"rendered":"SFA issues plea after diner is seen eating from hawker centre table; IKEA reminds shoppers not to eat in showroom displays after viral photo: Singapore live news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Tobias Gough, better known to the internet as &quot;Hot Podium Guy&quot;, is going viral again after Keir Starmer's resignation announcement. 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(PHOTO: X\/pauloMDtweets)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As British politics prepares for another <a rel=\"noopener\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sg.news.yahoo.com\/uk-prime-minister-keir-starmer-103417818.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:change of leadership;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;change of leadership&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" target=\"_blank\">change of leadership<\/a>, one familiar face has once again stolen the spotlight online: Tobias Gough, better known to the internet as &#8220;Hot Podium Guy&#8221;. The sound engineer was spotted outside 10 Downing Street on 22 June setting up the lectern and testing microphones shortly before Prime Minister <a rel=\"noopener\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sg.news.yahoo.com\/eu--britain-keir-starmer-090742339.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Keir Starmer;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Keir Starmer&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" target=\"_blank\">Keir Starmer<\/a> announced his resignation, prompting a fresh wave of social media attention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gough first went viral in 2019 when viewers noticed him preparing the podium ahead of <a rel=\"noopener\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sg.news.yahoo.com\/theresa-may-tells-tories-fight-170608750.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Theresa May;cpos:3;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Theresa May&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" target=\"_blank\">Theresa May<\/a>&#8216;s resignation speech. He later reappeared before the departures of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss in 2022, as well as for Rishi Sunak&#8217;s first address as prime minister and the 2024 election announcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to CNN, the 42-year-old has become &#8220;something of a cult hero&#8221; online after outlasting five prime ministers in seven years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The most stable figure in British politics since Brexit has been the man wheeling out the resignation podium,&#8221; one X user joked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Others have dubbed him an unofficial signal that a prime minister is about to quit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Just make him the prime minister at this point\u2026 he is reliable and consistent,&#8221; one commenter wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Another added: &#8220;He&#8217;s lasted longer in his role than our last few PMs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Internet sleuths eventually identified the mystery man as Tobias Gough, a sound engineer from Kent. Fans hoping the viral heart-throb might be single were disappointed to learn he has been married for several years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The attention even prompted his wife Tina to tell the Daily Mail in 2019: &#8220;He&#8217;s my husband!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gough himself appeared bemused by the fascination, insisting he &#8220;isn&#8217;t model material&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I have to say it was great lighting to make me look that good, the sun must have been at the right angle,&#8221; he told the newspaper at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His latest appearance comes as Britain searches for its seventh prime minister in a decade following Starmer&#8217;s resignation, reinforcing his unlikely status as one of the most recognisable constants in modern British politics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sg.news.yahoo.com\/live\/sfa-issues-plea-after-diner-is-seen-eating-from-hawker-centre-table-a-missing-camera-is-raising-questions-after-brazil-rope-jump-tragedy-singapore-live-news-020000472.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tobias Gough, better known to the internet as &#8220;Hot Podium Guy&#8221;, is going viral again after Keir Starmer&#8217;s resignation announcement. 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