A Horseradish
Sunday 26th April 2015 10:55am [Edited]
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Quote: Alfred J Kipper @ 26th April 2015, 10:16 AM BST
Yes well put. This has been Cameron's biggest problem since he emerged, very slick and media savvy performer but insincere and opportunistic. Everything seems carefully chosen to fit an image. It's thought he chose Villa to suck up to fellow Etonian Prince William and keep in with the royals. He should be made the patron saint of networking.
It makes me like Milliband even more because he doesn't have any of the clever image making crap Cameron does, until recently he's been almost entirely unselfaware. I don't give a f**k how a PM eats a bacon sarnie! Don't turn him in to Cameronesque media mannequin.
Thanks Alf. You are right. I didn't know he was supposed to be a Villa fan but I did know about William being an Aston Villa supporter and the connection seemed to be more than coincidental.
The location of Villa does, of course, combine concepts of the myth that's Middle England and, in the main, "ordinary, decent, working people" so politically it is conveniently chosen to appeal to swing voters. How did West Ham enter the equation? He could just have Lutfur Rahman on his mind.
One other thing that struck me was that both Villa and the Hammers play in claret and blue which sort of sums up the depth of any conviction. It's his political party and very probably his favourite drink.
The error occurred just six miles north of me. As some have pointed out, the nearest team is Crystal Palace. They too until 1973 were in claret and blue but are now in blue and red. The fact that they were overlooked completely in his speech could suggest that a national coalition of the Tories and Labour is not on the cards after all or it is too terrible an idea in Dave's head he isn't able to go there.
Footnote: At times like these, I think of Angela Merkel. I wonder, is she a genuine football fan?