MAYOR MIKE’S TIN-EAR TRIBUTE By . Bob McManus. Published May 9, 2005, ... The mayor, in his tin-eared style, began with a story about Hugh Carey and an Irish bar in Brooklyn.

Theresa May showed her tin ear by messing up her message to the country in her TV address on Wednesday. But the PM only had to open her eyes today to get the message from more than a million marchers.