Thursday, April 26, 2007

Unwanted endorsements

David Cameron visited Ipswich yesterday as part of a 'whistlestop' tour by train (of course). The bulk of Paul Geater's report in the Ipswich Evening Star focuses on the Conservatives law and order policy and the link between prostitution and drug use due to the newspaper's 'Someone's Daughter' campaign following the five murders in the town last year.

A lovely little meeting however is described between Cameron and an ordinary member of the public on the train (though I use ordinary in an ironic sense)
One passenger who gave him an enthusiastic welcome was Michael Gustav Nordgren, a 42-year-old who was on a journey through life! Mr Nordgren said he liked Mr Cameron, but could not promise him his vote next week: “I don't live in Ipswich, I live in Hell!” he said with a smile. “I've met all the celebrities - Jodie Marsh, Bill Wyman. But David Cameron, he's cool!”
Clearly Mr Nordgren was far more concerned with maintaining his own image than contributing to perceptions of Cameron, though I'm not sure but is he the first Tory leader to be described as cool?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great halfwit meets fuckwit

Darren G. Lilleker said...

mmm, a shame you don't suggest which is which and explain!

By the way I have had one complaint about the anonymous comment, my response is that censorship is against the principles of the internet as open forum; if I criticise the parties for doing it I can't do it either. It stays in the form the author wanted. If offended avert eyes or construct a response.