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A typical article in the Press today.........will a stalking-horse be forthcoming?
```Is David Cameron a man or a mouse? That's the question posed by Tory MP Tim Yeo, who ostensibly is making a strongly-worded argument about the third runway at Heathrow.
But really, his article in the Daily Telegraph is far more interesting than that.
Firstly, why should we care about Tim Yeo?
Well, while nobody could call him a Cameroon, he's not a "usual suspect" either. Mr Yeo is a former minister and the current chair of a select committee. He is a serious figure on the Conservative backbenches.
Mr Yeo's position on Heathrow Airport is also very telling: he used to be against the idea of a third runway. Now, it seems, the environmental assurances have been put in place that make him think it's a good idea.
But, clearly, it can't be a make-or-break issue for him if he was against the whole idea not so long ago.
That begs the question: why make the outburst at all? Why time it during the parliamentary recess when it's bound to get the maximum amount of coverage?
The answer to that question lies in the Prime Minister.
Putting Heathrow expansion to one side, what is striking is the venom with which Mr Yeo openly talks about David Cameron.
"The Prime Minister must decide whether he is a man or a mouse," he writes. "Does he want to be another Harold MacMillan, presiding over a dignified slide towards insignificance?
"Or is there somewhere inside his heart - an organ that still remains impenetrable to most Britons - a trace of Thatcher, determined to reverse the direction of our ship?
"An immediate go-ahead for a third runway will symbolise the start of a new era, the moment the Cameron government found its sense of mission."
Let's look for a moment at what these words imply:
1. The Prime Minister is sliding towards insignificance
2. His heart is impenetrable to most Britons
3. He is not like Margaret Thatcher
4. His government has no sense of mission
Expanding Heathrow Airport is clearly a prickly subject for the coalition government. But what David Cameron must tackle as a matter of urgency is the disrespect of his backbenchers.```