Have just seen a trailer for ch4 dispatches talking about David Cameron called toff at the top - claiming that before he became tory leader he presented himself as a traditional hard line tory. The programme also mentions his membership of the 'Bullingdon' dining club at Oxford Uni - where I go, and I know the types of people in those clubs - elitist, irresonsible, drunken idiots (not like the rest of us honest) so what do you think.
2007-03-25 07:45:12 · 17 answers · asked by Faith 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
The Bullingdon Club is a pro-hunting club at Oxford, membership of which is highly selective and based on family wealth. Their main claim to fame is their "tradition" of dressing up in a very expensive club evening suit, going to a restaurant and totally trashing it. Then using Daddy's money to buy the silence of the owner. Doesn't always work though because some have been done in the past for criminal damage.
There is a photo of Cameron in his Bullingdon Club gear, but strangely, the copyright owner has recently decided not to allow anyone to use it anymore. The Tories had concluded that the photo would cause them immense harm if used by their opponents because of the sheer arrogance in the faces of those photographed - not that I'm suggesting that they bought off the copyright owner, of course!
Cameron is a hard line Tory and all his recent "green" stuff is a cynical attempt to sway the more gullible voters.
2007-03-25 10:11:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Strictly speaking, I would need more time. I am, however, getting increasingly concerned that he is doing a 'Blair' and creating a new populist green Tory party. I have had enough of populist politics, so he is starting to worry me. He does have a problem though, because this Government has moved the centre ground of politics to the left, and are aided and abetted in this by much of the TV media and the education establishment et al. So, if he dived in with traditional old Tory policies, not that I have a problem with them, he would be lambasted by the PC/lefty brigade.
I am living in hope that he is just boxing clever. Watch Peter Hitchins programme on this subject, which, I believe, is on Monday the 26th March.
2007-03-25 17:34:46 · answer #2 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
He's trying to reinvent himself in the image of Blair. trying to take the centre ground because he believes that is what the British people want. His ambition is obviously to be prime minister and he is willing to do and say whatever it takes to fulfil that ambition and to hell with the truth. Like most politicians these days he has no real idea what the British public want and to be honest most of us are bloody sick to death of the whole hypocritical lying bunch of self interested b***ards they all are. Whoever wins the next election will carry on in the same way, more taxes, more control and even less freedom for the people they are supposed to serve. For David Cameron read hypocrite.
2007-03-25 14:59:06 · answer #3 · answered by Bob N 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I do not think he has any real vocation as a politician he's simply there because it is suitable work for naice upper class boys and gels without a lot of brain. He will act out the part of a caring man in order to gain power and then he will be game for every lobbyist with rewards to hand out for political favours just like the rest of the opportunists and chancers that are the political elite today.
2007-03-25 16:12:11 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't like him-he is a toff,and worse he likes blood sports(i'm an animal lover)
I hate Labour too so guess that rules those 2 parties out for me at the next election.
2007-03-25 23:33:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is it really worth an answer?
He will revert back to hard-line Tory as soon as he can, hopefully he never gets into power.
Labour isn't perfect, but we should all remember the 'boom and bust' years, and that bloody awful recession that ruined so many peoples lives.
2007-03-25 15:00:03 · answer #6 · answered by wonkyfella 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
i really don't know what i think of this guy. he looks the part but as we have found out before they all do in opposition. and they turn out to be something completely different when elected. just look at Blair
2007-03-25 14:55:39 · answer #7 · answered by bruce m 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
david cameron coulnt give you his opinion if he wanted to. A he couldnt articulate the argument, without a script writer..
and any normal person would realise that whilst the memory of maggie lives, they have absolutely no chance at getting back into power... us poor sods who lost our jobs still outnumber the rich bast-ards...
2007-03-25 14:51:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Cameron is a blair clone, there will be no difference if he became PM.
2007-03-25 14:51:39 · answer #9 · answered by jimbob 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
he is a joke he tried to show himself as young and with it to appeal to the younger generation they saw through it he is another english public schoolboy who will promise a lot and give nothing in return better the devil we know
old addage you can watch a thief you cant watch a liar
2007-03-25 15:05:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋