Davis dirty tricks exposed
The seasonally relevant and politically connected Guido Fawkes has uncovered a fiendish plot from the David Davis camp.
On last week's Question Time, which was unanimously interpreted as a victory for Davis, one of the more memorable soundbites was provided by an audience member who told Mr Cameron that he "couldn't run a bath".
By a strange quirk of fate, the young man who delivered the jibe is the son of former Tory MP Jonathan Aitken.
William Aitken: coincidence
By further strange coincidence it appears that young William Aitken is also a member of the Davis campaign team, seen clearly in the screenshots below:
David Davis and William Aitken: another coincidence
The screenshots are taken from the new David Davis promotional video released yesterday proving that in a shooting contest the ex-SAS Davis could hit his foot every time.
This Davis PR flop has a similar ring to the t-shirt stunt that backfired on DD at the conference.
On last week's Question Time, which was unanimously interpreted as a victory for Davis, one of the more memorable soundbites was provided by an audience member who told Mr Cameron that he "couldn't run a bath".
By a strange quirk of fate, the young man who delivered the jibe is the son of former Tory MP Jonathan Aitken.
William Aitken: coincidence
By further strange coincidence it appears that young William Aitken is also a member of the Davis campaign team, seen clearly in the screenshots below:
David Davis and William Aitken: another coincidence
The screenshots are taken from the new David Davis promotional video released yesterday proving that in a shooting contest the ex-SAS Davis could hit his foot every time.
This Davis PR flop has a similar ring to the t-shirt stunt that backfired on DD at the conference.
But the fact was, your man Cameron was unsettled by Aitken, and not everyone in the Commons is going to be on his side. I think, no matter who was asking the questions, Cameron still looks like a bit of a plonker (I'm only going on your accounts, I've taken little or no interest in this story independently), only because Davis is manufacturing the situations, he looks devious. So they've a choice between a deviant and a plonker. Sounds like nothing we wouldn't expect.
Posted by
Matt |
Thu Nov 10, 09:02:00 am
I'm not sure I've publicly taken sides on this - aside from a plea for more substance from the Cameron camp. I've been critical of Cameron, Davis Clarke and Fox.
I also have a rather juicy bit of DC dirt lined up…
Posted by
Ben |
Thu Nov 10, 11:13:00 am
It's true - normally you have a favourite. You correctly predicted IDS long before I'd even heard of him. I look forward to the continued dirt. But if you're down on all of them, is there anyone in other parties that you're in favour of? Are you ridding yourself of the Conservatives, if not of Conservatism?
Posted by
Matt |
Thu Nov 10, 12:12:00 pm
Ah, I'm still blue to the bone, and I do have a personal favourate of the two...
Of the other parties: I've got a lot of time for my constituency MP, Kate Hoey (Lab, Vauxhall), but then she does chair the Countryside Alliance...
:-)
Posted by
Ben |
Thu Nov 10, 12:35:00 pm