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| David Cameron lets his mask slip with 'do up your tie' jibe at Corbyn | David Cameron lets his mask slip with 'do up your tie' jibe at Corbyn |
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| It had been heading for a dull stalemate. Two men arguing over NHS statistics neither really seemed to have much of a grip on. Though it goes without saying that both David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn were far more clued up than the health secretary; no one seems to have less of an idea about the NHS than Jeremy Hunt. | It had been heading for a dull stalemate. Two men arguing over NHS statistics neither really seemed to have much of a grip on. Though it goes without saying that both David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn were far more clued up than the health secretary; no one seems to have less of an idea about the NHS than Jeremy Hunt. |
| Then came the playground game-changer. In reply to a heckle from Labour’s Angela Eagle about his own mother’s opposition to his welfare cuts, Dave let rip: “I know what my mother would say. I think she’d look across the dispatch box and she’d say: ‘Put on a proper suit, do up your tie and sing the national anthem’.” | Then came the playground game-changer. In reply to a heckle from Labour’s Angela Eagle about his own mother’s opposition to his welfare cuts, Dave let rip: “I know what my mother would say. I think she’d look across the dispatch box and she’d say: ‘Put on a proper suit, do up your tie and sing the national anthem’.” |
| The Tory benches roared their approval and proceedings were halted for 30 seconds while Dave lapped up the applause; it isn’t often he scores an outright winner and he was determined to milk the moment. He ran the length of the chamber with his arms outstretched, before kicking over the corner flag and sliding to his knees in front of the main entrance to the Commons. Only then did he realise that he’d just fired a 35-yard rabona into the top corner of his own net. | The Tory benches roared their approval and proceedings were halted for 30 seconds while Dave lapped up the applause; it isn’t often he scores an outright winner and he was determined to milk the moment. He ran the length of the chamber with his arms outstretched, before kicking over the corner flag and sliding to his knees in front of the main entrance to the Commons. Only then did he realise that he’d just fired a 35-yard rabona into the top corner of his own net. |
| Here was Dave unscripted: the Dave that Dave would rather you didn’t see. This wasn’t about his mother, it was about him. His values; the Dave of pomp, circumstance and entitlement. | Here was Dave unscripted: the Dave that Dave would rather you didn’t see. This wasn’t about his mother, it was about him. His values; the Dave of pomp, circumstance and entitlement. |
| All that hard work he had done over the past 10 years of hugging hoodies and pretending to care about the little people had been tossed aside in one careless stage whisper. This was the real Dave, the Dave reserved for close friends and family. The Dave who actually does believe that people who don’t dress as smartly as him and don’t sing the national anthem are letting themselves and their country down. That children should be seen and not heard. | All that hard work he had done over the past 10 years of hugging hoodies and pretending to care about the little people had been tossed aside in one careless stage whisper. This was the real Dave, the Dave reserved for close friends and family. The Dave who actually does believe that people who don’t dress as smartly as him and don’t sing the national anthem are letting themselves and their country down. That children should be seen and not heard. |
| No matter there may be many voters who agree with him, this was the Dave he had always tried to keep under wraps. The Dave that pined for a world where people brushed their hair, polished their shoes and only spoke when they were spoken to. | No matter there may be many voters who agree with him, this was the Dave he had always tried to keep under wraps. The Dave that pined for a world where people brushed their hair, polished their shoes and only spoke when they were spoken to. |
| Related: Steve Bell on Cameron's 'motherly advice' to Corbyn – cartoon | |
| A world of respect for the officer class. A world where consultants wore bow-ties. James Robertson Justice: now there was a quack you could trust; he’d have sorted out those moaning junior doctors in next to no time. A make-believe world of John Lewis Christmas advertising. | A world of respect for the officer class. A world where consultants wore bow-ties. James Robertson Justice: now there was a quack you could trust; he’d have sorted out those moaning junior doctors in next to no time. A make-believe world of John Lewis Christmas advertising. |
| Corbyn responded to Dave’s self-revelatory jibe as best he could by saying his late mother would have valued the NHS. There was a hint of anger in this and Corbyn was visibly rattled. He, too, was taking his time to realise that Dave had scored at the wrong end. It would take time for Corbyn to fully appreciate the manner of the unlikely victory he had just been handed, but he’d get there in the end. Probably. | Corbyn responded to Dave’s self-revelatory jibe as best he could by saying his late mother would have valued the NHS. There was a hint of anger in this and Corbyn was visibly rattled. He, too, was taking his time to realise that Dave had scored at the wrong end. It would take time for Corbyn to fully appreciate the manner of the unlikely victory he had just been handed, but he’d get there in the end. Probably. |
| Before Cameron’s outburst, this had looked like being one of those prime minister’s questions that are defined by what was left unsaid rather than was said. Michael Gove was understandably out of sight, having embarrassed himself in an interview with the BBC by failing to understand the powers of the European court of justice. Rather more bewilderingly, Gove was also out of Corbyn’s mind. | Before Cameron’s outburst, this had looked like being one of those prime minister’s questions that are defined by what was left unsaid rather than was said. Michael Gove was understandably out of sight, having embarrassed himself in an interview with the BBC by failing to understand the powers of the European court of justice. Rather more bewilderingly, Gove was also out of Corbyn’s mind. |
| Here was the perfect opportunity to cause maximum embarrassment to the Conservative party by drawing attention to its own divisions over Europe. The prime minister, the attorney general and the former attorney general had all agreed that morning that Govey had proved himself to be more than just a little dim. | Here was the perfect opportunity to cause maximum embarrassment to the Conservative party by drawing attention to its own divisions over Europe. The prime minister, the attorney general and the former attorney general had all agreed that morning that Govey had proved himself to be more than just a little dim. |
| Having a health minister who doesn’t know the first thing about health might be considered a misfortune; to also have a justice minister who hasn’t a clue about the processes of justice might be considered careless. Corbyn somehow managed to restrain himself from bringing this up. Either he missed a trick or he has rather better manners than Dave gave him credit for. | Having a health minister who doesn’t know the first thing about health might be considered a misfortune; to also have a justice minister who hasn’t a clue about the processes of justice might be considered careless. Corbyn somehow managed to restrain himself from bringing this up. Either he missed a trick or he has rather better manners than Dave gave him credit for. |