Tomorrow sees the publication of Cameron on Cameron; a book edited by David Cameron and GQ's Dylan Jones.
The Telegraph's Rosa Prince has been reading through her advance copy and gives us this nugget from David Cameron:
"I was on my bike the other day and this white van had been following me, stopping and starting. I got rather nervous about it so I turned down a road I don't normally go down, and I slowed down and sort of pulled in behind a line of parked cars and as this van drove by this hand came out and just bashed me in the back with the aim of pushing me in front of the car. Luckily I managed to put the brakes on."
Ms Prince also notes Mr Cameron's low opinion of Nick Clegg:
"Asked for his favourite "political joke," Mr Cameron says: "Nick Clegg, at the moment."
The Mail on Sunday published an extended extract from the book earlier today. We learnt that David Cameron is a fan of the hit BBC comedy Gavin and Stacey. He's particularly keen on Stacey. Amen. Here's a taste of the tidy comedy...
How depressing. Is this the level British politics has stooped to?
Posted by: real tory outrider | August 17, 2008 at 19:08
Good lord, I thought we'd got past this vacuous nonsense when nobody bought that book by Tony called 'My vision for a young country' or whatever it was. Is anybody going to buy this? Is it going to appeal to anyone who actually knows who Dylan Jones is? This smacks of the kind of instant book that appears around US presidential elections that will be swiftly forgotten. I imagine the print run is fairly small.
Posted by: Neil Martin | August 17, 2008 at 19:41
Was it Neil Martin in the van?
Posted by: M Dowding | August 17, 2008 at 19:45
Dylan Jones makes Piers Morgan look modest.
Posted by: Tom | August 17, 2008 at 19:50
What's the point of this? We don't need to know what he thinks of Gavin and Stacey, we need to know what steps he's going to take to sort the economy out.
Posted by: johnlocke | August 17, 2008 at 19:53
Perhaps we're allowed to know both johnlocke.
Don't be a killjoy. Politics should not be all grind, grind, grind.
Posted by: bluepatriot | August 17, 2008 at 20:07
Surely you can see that Price has picked this particular passage because it's gossipy and easy for her to talk about? I very much doubt the entire book is about this sort of thing.
Posted by: David | August 17, 2008 at 20:07
Hope he got the numberplate of the t0sser who was trying to injure him.
Prosecute him. DON'T let him get away with it.
Why are people so rude and aggressive these days?
Posted by: Graham Checker | August 17, 2008 at 20:09
The extract from the MoS looks quite informative, actually. It certainly told me a lot more about Cameron - the sheer amount of preparation that goes into PMQs is quite surpriding, for example.
Excellent that he has a low opinion of Clegg as well. He just looks like a third rate Blair to be honest.
Posted by: EML | August 17, 2008 at 21:22
Nick Clegg speaks highly of David Cameron too.
And this is the man campaigning to be our next Prime Minister - what a joke.
Posted by: Pamela Goodwin | August 18, 2008 at 23:11
Haha, it wasn't me in the van but someone else did ask!
What I really want to know is what he thinks of the repeal of sections 6 and 46 of the Child Support Act 1991. I doubt thats in the book...
Posted by: Neil Martin | August 20, 2008 at 10:22