Sid Pollitt
21 February 2009
20:2015837#1
David Cameron visited Sussex on Thursday as part of a world tour. The Brighton paper, the Evening Argus, asked readers to send in questions for the Tory Leader, questions like many other the man cannot answer.
Among them were questions along the lines of:
Do you realise you're an unelectable toff?
What does swan taste like?
Has he an answer to everything as he seems to think he has?
Should Poundland come to Worthing?
How should we behave when Thatcher finally pops her clogs - black arm bands or street parties?
Who would win in a fight between a baboon and a badger?
Is it possible for him not to look so smug all the time?
Can he deck a horse with one punch?
What are the 39 steps?
Do you think that Yoda sounds like Miss Piggy?
Should one have one's chips with ketchup or gravy?
Blue Peter or Magpie?
Why does he refuse to add his weight to the campaign to free the S Club Seven?
What year did Titian die?
Would he agree that if conservatism is the answer it must have been a stupid question?
And... Does he feel that the lack of sensible questions posed reflects the fact that nobody in Brighton sees him as anything other than a bit of a joke?
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22 February 2009
09:3615853#2
At a time when leading politicians try to isolate themselves from the awkward situations that contact with the general public provides the Cameron Direct programme brings great credit to David Cameron.
Yes there will be some stupid questions, asked by people like Sid I expect, but so what. Politicians should not be afraid of contact with ordinary members of the public and the questions they ask.
As an attempt at point scoring Sid, this thread of yours reaches a new low in desperation and failure.
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22 February 2009
09:3615854#3
lol! Sid I am assuming that was a joke of sorts. There's no accounting for the questions the great unwashed British public will put to a representative of parliament.
The problem or the pitfalls or even the blessing of any kind leadership though is in the timing isnt it. You can be pretty good but if your timing is off you wont win. But politics being the way it is means that one day the people will become so disenchanted with those in power that they will turn in desperation to the opposition. So in other words the government of the day loses. The opposition wins but by default, but its really the government losing. So bearing this in mind David Cameron could be well placed timingwise. He may not be weighty, he may not have gravitas, he may be a toff with little knowledge of how most of us live, but he may be in the right place at the right time.
Sadly the Brown bounce of a few weeks ago has gone flat again and the polls are not looking good for Labour. Would be very difficult for a government to come through such horrendous times of business failure and job loss and still win next time around. Although as they say...a week is a long time in politics and maybe just maybe we will see another resurrection of Lazarus proportions.
Sid Pollitt
22 February 2009
16:5115889#4
BarryW, take a chill pill. Point scoring? I dont know if Cameron eats swan sarnies when he's in Toff Towers are I dont particularly care. If I'd have wanted to score points I'd have said that the tour he's on only takes in places when Charlie E has properties hee hee. You've sidestepped that one so it's open season for digs dont you think?
I was showing that some people can be humourous, do you do humour? You suggest that stupid people like me ask stupid questions so therefore I'm stupid. Whatever. What would your response have been if it had been Gordon Brown, you'd have probably thought the questions were SO funny. There were other 'serious' questions from hangem-and-flogem, Mail-reading, anti-PC, twitchy-curtain types but they were boring so I didnt include them. I do so hope that's ok with you.
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22 February 2009
19:0715900#5
Ah come along now lads ease up a tad...both of you are very entertaining posters so we dont want any fallouts.
Where's me big stick!!?
Brian Dixon
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22 February 2009
19:1015901#6
its behind you.
sorry paul couldent resist.
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22 February 2009
19:1115902#7