Verily, it twas a perfect storm of zeitgeisty idiocy.
Apparently, radio host Christian O’Connell asked Cameron why he was not on Twitter. Dave replied, perhaps proving his own point: “It’s too instantaneous… Too many twits might make a twat”.
Indeed. And then, when asked about the mood of the nation, he said: “The public are pissed off.. Oh, I can’t say that, can I?”.
No Dave, not really. Not when the Tories and the Daily Hell went on and on and on about about Sachsgate and the Queen’s haunted vagina, and Clarkson calling Gordon Brown a c-word.
We hear that Ofcom guidelines do not identify ‘twat’ as a swearword. It’s an odd one – most people are aware it refers to ladybits but most use it in a ‘you dippy fool’ sense.
Of course, the bigger question is what the heck was Dave thinking? It’s not so much what was said as that there’s a time and place for that sorta thing. As far as we can tell, no-one in Britain is falling over themselves to put an Eton-bred Berlusconi into number 10.
And it’s embarrassing more than anything. Had he been up drinking the night before? Or had he just bought a The Thick Of It boxset? It’s all very strange.
What do you think? Was it a genuine slip or does Cameron fancy himself as the new Jeremy Clarkson? Speak your brains and post your comments below, please!
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Turning the air Blue – David Cameron says ‘twat’ on the radio
By PRSD, on Wednesday, July 29, 2009
No angel - David Cameron goes radio ga-ga
It seems strange to be sat here again wondering about the word ‘twat’.
Yes, only a month after the Stuart Cullimore ‘greasy-haired twat’ debacle, David Cameron went on Absolute Radio this morning and tried the word on for size.
Not only that, maybe inspired by Plymouth City Council’s recent scandal, he decided to drag the Twitter into the mix too.
Verily, it twas a perfect storm of zeitgeisty idiocy.
Apparently, radio host Christian O’Connell asked Cameron why he was not on Twitter. Dave replied, perhaps proving his own point: “It’s too instantaneous… Too many twits might make a twat”.
Indeed. And then, when asked about the mood of the nation, he said: “The public are pissed off.. Oh, I can’t say that, can I?”.
No Dave, not really. Not when the Tories and the Daily Hell went on and on and on about about Sachsgate and the Queen’s haunted vagina, and Clarkson calling Gordon Brown a c-word.
We hear that Ofcom guidelines do not identify ‘twat’ as a swearword. It’s an odd one – most people are aware it refers to ladybits but most use it in a ‘you dippy fool’ sense.
Of course, the bigger question is what the heck was Dave thinking? It’s not so much what was said as that there’s a time and place for that sorta thing. As far as we can tell, no-one in Britain is falling over themselves to put an Eton-bred Berlusconi into number 10.
And it’s embarrassing more than anything. Had he been up drinking the night before? Or had he just bought a The Thick Of It boxset? It’s all very strange.
What do you think? Was it a genuine slip or does Cameron fancy himself as the new Jeremy Clarkson? Speak your brains and post your comments below, please!
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