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David Cameron talks breasts, thighs – and third terms David Cameron talks breasts, thighs – and third terms
(about 1 hour later)
It takes James Landale a while, of course, to coax the really important revelation out of David Cameron during his cosy BBC interview, but after some amiable small talk about electioneering and his aspiration or otherwise to serve a third term (otherwise), the PR prime minister finally drops his bombshell.It takes James Landale a while, of course, to coax the really important revelation out of David Cameron during his cosy BBC interview, but after some amiable small talk about electioneering and his aspiration or otherwise to serve a third term (otherwise), the PR prime minister finally drops his bombshell.
Breast or thigh? “I like the thighs because they are very juicy.” This during a visit to the local jolly butcher in Cameron’s Witney constituency (“Morning Martin! All well? Morning all!”), where the prime ministerial wallet is also opened for a bag of pleasingly artisanal sausages. Martin’s large chickens are £3.50 each, since you were wondering.Breast or thigh? “I like the thighs because they are very juicy.” This during a visit to the local jolly butcher in Cameron’s Witney constituency (“Morning Martin! All well? Morning all!”), where the prime ministerial wallet is also opened for a bag of pleasingly artisanal sausages. Martin’s large chickens are £3.50 each, since you were wondering.
A few days after Ed and Justine Miliband invited Landale into one of their several kitchens to discuss how horrible they expected everyone to be about them in the next few weeks, Cameron went one better, leading the BBC deputy political editor on a gentle amble through his home village to buy provisions (“it’s pretty simple because we’re having cold ham and stuff). A few days after Ed and Justine Miliband invited Landale into one of their several kitchens to discuss how horrible they expected everyone to be about them in the next few weeks, Cameron went one better, leading the BBC deputy political editor on a gentle amble through his home village to buy provisions (“it’s pretty simple because we’re having cold ham and stuff”).
Next Landale was taken to the comfortably-appointed Cameron kitchen where – and could you blame him with a gas range that appealing – he insisted he didn’t want to be prime minister for too much longer. Next Landale was taken to the comfortably appointed Cameron kitchen where – and could you blame him with a gas range that appealing – he insisted he didn’t want to be prime minister for too much longer.
Their spontaneous village promenade leads them to a sports field, where local youth are playing football. Would he miss being prime minister, asks Landale. “Yes I would. I’m putting myself forward for the full five years. I feel fit enough and healthy enough for it. I’ve got a real passion for it.” He is, he reveals, “really keen” to win the general election, “and if I fall short I will be very disappointed.”Their spontaneous village promenade leads them to a sports field, where local youth are playing football. Would he miss being prime minister, asks Landale. “Yes I would. I’m putting myself forward for the full five years. I feel fit enough and healthy enough for it. I’ve got a real passion for it.” He is, he reveals, “really keen” to win the general election, “and if I fall short I will be very disappointed.”
So where is home? Unsurprisingly, for one so keen to book the removers from No 10 on a fixed date in or before 2020, the PM is clear that it’s Witney. “I’m a country boy at heart.”So where is home? Unsurprisingly, for one so keen to book the removers from No 10 on a fixed date in or before 2020, the PM is clear that it’s Witney. “I’m a country boy at heart.”
London was home, he explains, but his children call No 10 “the pretend home” – Landale somehow misses the obvious follow up question about whether he feels the same – and so “it’s very important that they feel very rooted and grounded here.” London was home, he explains, but his children call No 10 “the pretend home” – Landale somehow misses the obvious follow up question about whether he feels the same – and so “it’s very important that they feel very rooted and grounded here”.
The kind of roots where one knows one’s local butcher’s name, and also precisely where one falls in the hierarchy of his customer base. Is Cameron the most famous customer of the shop, Landale asks the unfortunate Martin. The butcher is mute. “No certainly not, there are are plenty around here!” exclaims Cameron. ”Mr Clarkson pops in from time to time I expect.” The kind of roots where one knows one’s local butcher’s name, and also precisely where one falls in the hierarchy of his customer base. Is Cameron the most famous customer of the shop, Landale asks the unfortunate Martin. The butcher is mute. “No certainly not, there are plenty around here!” exclaims Cameron. “Mr Clarkson pops in from time to time I expect.”
Mr Clarkson, as he is known to those who work for him, is of course a near neighbour and close friend of the Camerons, and while the BBC presenter may currently be out of favour with some PC killjoys while he is being investigated over allegations of a dust up with a junior colleague, not so the Cameron children.Mr Clarkson, as he is known to those who work for him, is of course a near neighbour and close friend of the Camerons, and while the BBC presenter may currently be out of favour with some PC killjoys while he is being investigated over allegations of a dust up with a junior colleague, not so the Cameron children.
“Nancy has threatened to go on hunger strike unless Jeremy Clarkson is restored [to the BBC],” Cameron reveals. “I’ve told her this is not necessarily a useful intervention. It is not necessarily Gandhi. We had this discussion this morning.” His 11-year-old daughter’s protest lasted all the way from lunch to tea, it later emerges.“Nancy has threatened to go on hunger strike unless Jeremy Clarkson is restored [to the BBC],” Cameron reveals. “I’ve told her this is not necessarily a useful intervention. It is not necessarily Gandhi. We had this discussion this morning.” His 11-year-old daughter’s protest lasted all the way from lunch to tea, it later emerges.
Courageously, Landale waits until the prime minister has a knife his hand and is doing violence to baby gem lettuces in the Cameronian kitchen before he asks if he ever has a bit of an anger problem. “Sometimes at PMQs you go a step further than you want to or ought to.” Did he ever struggle to control his temper? “It’s never temper, it’s getting a bit overexcited at times.”Courageously, Landale waits until the prime minister has a knife his hand and is doing violence to baby gem lettuces in the Cameronian kitchen before he asks if he ever has a bit of an anger problem. “Sometimes at PMQs you go a step further than you want to or ought to.” Did he ever struggle to control his temper? “It’s never temper, it’s getting a bit overexcited at times.”
In fact, reveals the PM, his mother Mary came to watch him in the chamber and was concerned for his delicate feelings. “Afterwards she said, ‘my darling, the things they say to you,’ because that’s all tuned out of the TV.”In fact, reveals the PM, his mother Mary came to watch him in the chamber and was concerned for his delicate feelings. “Afterwards she said, ‘my darling, the things they say to you,’ because that’s all tuned out of the TV.”
What about the poshness, asks Landale – has it held him back? “Ah, the old posh question,” says Cameron, poshly. “I, look, well it hasn’t stopped me being prime minister.” What about the poshness, asks Landale – has it held him back? “Ah, the old posh question,” says Cameron, poshly. “I, look, well, it hasn’t stopped me being prime minister.”
(Nor, it is worth noting, has it stood in the way of Landale, who – what are the chances? - was at Eton with the PM and Boris Johnson.)(Nor, it is worth noting, has it stood in the way of Landale, who – what are the chances? - was at Eton with the PM and Boris Johnson.)
Finally, with Dave’s cold ham almost ready to serve, his wife enters to lean on the breakfast bar, and the prime minister blushes like a schoolboy. Her role and that of the children will be “to keep him grounded” over the election campaign. A “sanity check”, according to her husband.Finally, with Dave’s cold ham almost ready to serve, his wife enters to lean on the breakfast bar, and the prime minister blushes like a schoolboy. Her role and that of the children will be “to keep him grounded” over the election campaign. A “sanity check”, according to her husband.
And then a revelation of her own: “He’s definitely, in my mind, the best man for the job.” That must be a relief.And then a revelation of her own: “He’s definitely, in my mind, the best man for the job.” That must be a relief.