A great thread for the person who loves to go on about David Cameron all day long.
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8 mins and not a post?

Fancy a fringe? First try a winge

I know there should be an h, still sounds the same. Thought we would be through 100 posts by now.lol

Keep it at the top then Fred will see it.lol 7 posts

Is it time to go Dave!, if he must hold on he should have passport confiscated as we can't afford all these overseas trips which turn into expensive crusades to set right many problems for which he seems to find plenty of millions despite the fact we are broke

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..The Prime Minister has admitted that "with hindsight" he would not have employed former News Of The World editor Andy Coulson.

Speaking to MPs at an emergency recall of the House of Commons, David Cameron also apologised for the "furore" the appointment had since caused.

Mr Coulson has been accused over the hacking of people's voicemail at the now-defunct tabloid.

It came after the issue was put under the spotlight once more after Sky sources revealed Royal staff were "astonished" at the appointment.

Mr Cameron defended his decision but said, if Mr Coulson had been found to be lying about his lack of phone-hacking knowledge, he could "expect to face severe criminal charges".

"I have an old-fashioned view about 'innocent until proven guilty'," he said.

He said the panel would include civil liberties campaigner Shami Chakrabarti, former Chief Constable of West Midlands police, Sir Paul Scott-Lee and former chairman of OfCom, Lord David Currie.

The former political editor of Channel 4 news, Elinor Goodman, ex-political editor of the Daily Telegraph George Jones and the former chairman of the Financial Times Sir David Bell will also help Lord Justice Leveson with the inquiry.

It will also now look at broadcasters and social media, as well as the press.

The panel will start its work immediately, Mr Cameron announced, and will publish their report within 12 months.

The PM also explained that policing would be looked at, to tackle the perceptions of "police investigating the police" and to tackle transparency in terms of police contacts with the media.

Before Mr Cameron's statement, speaker John Bercow announced there would be an investigation after a paper plate of foam was thrown into Rupert Murdoch's face at Tuesday's committee hearing.

"It is wholly unacceptable for a member of the public to treat and be able to treat a witness in this way," he said.

Comedian Jonathan May-Bowles, also known as Jonnie Marbles, has been charged with behaviour causing harassment, alarm or distress in a public place after being arrested in connection with the incident.
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Not called 'call me Dave' anymore now christned, 'Dodgy Dave' by the beast of Balsover (not sure about the spelling) Dennis Skinner.

Apt name for him aswel.

Duck and weave, you can't deceive!

..Campbell accuses Cameron of lying as war of words deepens


David Cameron and Alastair Campbell were at loggerheads today over the prime minister's assertion that the former director of communications had falsified documents.

Mr Cameron made the allegation during a heated exchange with Ed Balls in the wake of yesterday's phone-hacking statement in the Commons.

"Things can get very heated in the Commons, and things get said which shouldnt be, but our system does depend on the public trusting ministers to tell the truth at the despatch box, and what Mr Cameron said is not true, and he knows it is not true," Mr Campbell wrote on his blog.

"I have a lot of respect for anyone who puts their head above the parapet and goes high up in politics and despite our very different beliefs and values, that includes David Cameron, because I know what a tough job he has. But he cannot make statements like the one he made yesterday, under parliamentary privilege, and expect me just to sit there and take it."

The accusation presumably related to accusations that Mr Campbell 'sexed-up' a dossier on Iraq in the run-up to the war.

The Hutton inquiry largely exonerated the former director of communications at Downing Street, but most commentators branded it a whitewash.

Mr Campbell has written to the Cabinet secretary asking for the government to produce evidence to substantiate the claim.

MPs cannot be sued for libel while making statements in the Commons due to parliamentary privilege

Dennis Skinner never has anything constructive to say, he just comes up with the odd funny one liner or a old Labour diatribe against the Tory toff's

Do you mean the on about "Dodgy Dave", or the second hand car salesman.

Reasonably accurate I would think!

You lot need to get out more......so sad!!

Been outside all day, not in an air cond tractor.

..Prime Minister David Cameron said he was outraged by Friday's twin bomb and shooting attacks in Norway, branding them "evil" and pledging to work with Oslo to track down the perpetrators.

"I was outraged to hear about the explosion in Oslo and attack in Utoya today that have killed and injured innocent people," Cameron said in a statement.

"My thoughts are with the wounded and those who have lost friends and family, and I know everyone in Britain will feel the same.

"These attacks are a stark reminder of the threat we all face from terrorism.

"I have called Prime Minister (Jens) Stoltenberg this evening to express my sincere condolences and to let him know that our thoughts are with the Norwegian people at this tragic time.

"I have offered Britain's help, including through our close intelligence cooperation.

"We will work with Norway to hunt the murderers who did this and prevent any more innocent deaths.

"We can overcome this evil, and we will."

Militants staged twin bomb and shooting attacks in Norway on Friday, leaving at least 17 dead as a blast tore through government buildings and a gunman opened fire at a youth meeting of the governing party.

Foreign Secretary William Hague offered his condolences to all those bereaved or injured.

"I send my deepest condolences to all those who have lost relatives or been injured in today's horrific bomb blast in Oslo," he said in a statement.

He added: "We condemn all acts of terrorism.

"The UK stands shoulder to shoulder with Norway and all our international allies in the face of such atrocities. We are committed to work tirelessly with them to combat the threat from terrorism in all its forms."

About 250,000 Britons visit Norway every year, according to the Foreign Office, and Hague said that the British embassy was ready to help any British nationals caught up in the attack.
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..Cameron 'lived in brother's shadow'

Press Association 8 hours ago



....David Cameron has admitted that he lived "in the shadow" of his older brother when he was a teenager.

The Prime Minister's comments come in the latest edition of the Big Issue, which he guest edited. They draw a parallel with the experience of Ed Miliband, who overhauled sibling David to win the Labour leadership last year.

Before that Ed - four years younger - followed David to Corpus Christi college at Oxford and then into parliament and government.

Alex Cameron, 47, a criminal lawyer who heads his chambers in London and is said to earn 1 million a year, was three years David's senior at Eton.

He went to Bristol University while David went to Oxford, before beginning his political career in the Conservative Party's research department.

In the publication's regular column, My Younger Self, the Prime Minister wrote: "I lived in the shadow of my older brother. He was three years older, went to the same school, and was a huge success, on the sports field and almost always lead actor in the school plays.

"It was great to have that kind of role model, and I was incredibly proud of him, but like many younger brothers you find yourself always a few steps behind.

"If I could give my younger self some advice, I'd say: don't worry about it; your life is not predetermined; you'll find your own feet in your own way. It was not until I left school that I felt I was breaking out of my brother's shadow and doing my own thing."

Mr Cameron conceded that, in contrast to his older brother, he "didn't always put the effort in" in sport and other subjects at school, and instead "just went through the motions, drifting along".

Mr Cameron praised his "strong family" and father Ian, who died last year.
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