Cameron - a "shrewd & malevolent psychopath"?

www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jun/08/david-cameron-eu-referendum-brexit

The main one.

Here's what the Financial Times had to say today :

www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a00d0610-0df7-11e5-8ce9-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3cVd7hO56

Cameron U-turn on Europe hints at political blunder

David Cameron called it a media “misinterpretation” but the UK prime minister’s apparent attempt to impose cabinet discipline bore the hallmarks of a political miscalculation.

Cameron was the one who offered a referendum to the whole of the electorate. That's why he was voted in again.

Do you really believe that was the only reason people voted tory, durhamjen? I don't.

Switch on to 130 now. They are discussing tomorrow's papers now.

So you're saying a good number of Tory MPs are not right-minded, jingl?

That's the whole point of a referendum, though, jingl. Every single vote counts.
Cameron was the one who offered a referendum to the whole of the electorate. That's why he was voted in again.
It's his fault that this is happening. You reap what you sow.

This shouldn't be about party politics. It's about the future of the UK. Every right minded person knows we should stay in.

He was talking about all of 'em. And I don't blame him. Too important for any messing about.

Good heavens, a thread on party lines. Shouldn't you take your own advice, Ana?

He was talking about the front bench, not the back bench, jingl. He knows he's got 50 backbenchers lined up against him, because they want out anyway. They can hold him to ransom right up until the referendum, as he only has a majority of twelve, so he'd better not upset too many of them.

You are talking junk durhamjen. I doubt if even he expects that codswallop to be taken seriously.

Oh, what a ridiculous thing to say, durhamjen!
(remember, they're tracking your every word...)

The press made exactly what they wanted to make of it.

It is indeed that Frankie Boyle, merlot, although he seems to have grown a big, bushy beard as an attempt to disguise himself!

Yes, it is, but the other links are not by him. I do not like him swearing but he does not do that in the article. His first job was in a mental hospital, so maybe he can recognise a psychopath when he meets one.

He never actually said anyone would have to resign. Just that he expected his party to stay solid behind him. It'S too important to let the backbenchers squabble about it. Or for idiots like David Davies to try to hog the limelight momentarily.

Is this Frankie Boyle the not very funny comedian or am I thinking of another Frankie Boyle.

It just happens to be every bit of the media that got it wrong, then, jingl?
I do not think so.
He should not get things like that wrong. His only other job was in PR.

Oh this is total rubbish. Cameron simply wants to get the best deal he can for Britain from the EU, and then get a referendum result in favour of staying in. He has taken a helluva gamble by saying there will be a referendum, and now he is probably, slightly panicking. Who can blame him?

This is the popular press at it's best/worst.

Ana, if you'd like to give reasonableness a go, I'll have a go at countenancing it.

Never mind Jilly Cooper, jessM, what we need is a Trollope (NOT Joanna) for this century.

You might be right Ana

Having now read the link though. hmm.

This is probably a thread best left to the tory-bashers, soontobe, any attempt at reasonableness will not be countenanced!

Apparently he is not a very good strategist, which is the conclusion I was coming to. I dont think that he is wily.