Gesture: Nick Clegg delivers his speech - with Harry Payne in the background
This pupil at Southfields Academy in South West London appeared to be sending a not-so-subtle message to the Deputy PM
Teenager Harry Payne was snapped apparently flipping the finger at the deputy prime minister as he gave a speech to students at Southfields Academy in London on Thursday.
Today, the Evening Standard reports, the youngster is not in the classroom, and is instead under the watchful eye of mum Nicola Payne.
She says her son was "in trouble" after yesterday's antics - but insisted that the gesture caught on camera has been "misrepresented".
She said: "That picture should not have been used - it misrepresented what was happening."
"We won't be saying anything else about this. Harry is in enough trouble already."
But some of Harry's friends agreed the gesture was not what it seemed - claiming that he was actually swearing at another pupil, not Nick Clegg.
And many seemed to see his larking around in a more sympathetic light than his mum and the school.
On Twitter, @Becca_Mcilroy said: "Ahh it would only be Southfields. Harry your all over the news #quality #legend"
"Harry is quality man!!! Only Southfields Academy to do something like that."
Clegg also seemed to be pleased with his visit - although it's not known if he'd seen Harry's response.
... the lad with the glasses to his right also appears to be sticking two fingers up at Clegg the poodle.
Both lads seems to expressing a sentiment that most of us in the UK feel.