Cameron's not for turning

The front of today’s Daily Mail lays into David Cameron for not staying with his flood-stricken constituents in Witney, instead going ahead with a trip to visit some Rwandans who didn’t even vote for him. Matthew d’Ancona thinks that, actually, Cameron should be admired for sticking to his guns and going to Africa.

But the critics are many – how dare he go for a photoshoot in Africa to highlight his caring side when he should stay at home to, er, do what exactly? Partake in a caring photoshoot in Witney instead? Because he already did that on Sunday, in case no one noticed. How would a welly-booted Cameron, armed with a bucket and small-talk, help anyone exactly? Or does he possess special sea rescue skills that the Daily Mail has yet to inform us about?

Comments

[Paul Dennett]

Cameron is supposed to be our national leader-in-waiting. He should have been on hand not so he could be photographed in his wellies but because at a time when your people are suffering you ought to be at home.

The Rwandans know a thing or two about disaster, and I'm not surprised the Rwandan journalist gave him a dressing down. They're not stupid - they know they are being used as props for a publicity stunt as well as the rest of us.

This shows very bad judgement on his part.