Andrew Marr asks David Cameron 'that question' (Subtitled)

[ultamatefrogmaster]

That peasant thing has been mking me laugh for the past hour! XD

[willthong]

I find it particularly amusing that, just before he says "people" at 0:46, he pauses a little, like he was thinking "peasants" might not go down too well.

[TheZanipolo]

Cameron is much poorer than Comrade Tony Bliar. Bliar has 5 mansions in London. Compared to Bliar, Cameron's ass is hanging out his trousers.

[alonelychild]

A bunch of loosers envy the ones who are wealthier, quite frankly I miss the point on how being poor can make someone a better - or worse - leader

[TallPiler]

@alonelychild it's not the only thing you miss...

[alonelychild]

@TallPiler really enlight me

[TallPiler]

@alonelychild ...well, the video is not about how incredibly wealthy the PM is. No. It is about how a man up for election can sit on live television and fail to give straight answers to straight questions and still con the electorate into supporting him. I suppose the video is about people like you who blindly follow political leaders like Cameron - not caring about their obvious dishonesty or hypocrisy. I find it funny. Terribly sorry you don't, old boy!

[alonelychild]

@TallPiler Well, when Maggie Thatcher was asked if she had private healthcare she answered straight "yes, I have the right to choose my hospitals, my doctor, and the time to see them when I choose". Perhaps Cameron in trying to be popular embarassed himself. I for one would've answer "it´s not for you business" or would have said "plenty!".

[novasigma]

I don't really care what the guy's worth; I care about whether he can sort out the mess of incompetence left by Labour. Asking about his personal wealth is just a play on class tribalism; sadly, judging from these comments, it was quite effective.

[TallPiler]

@novasigma It's good that you don't care what he's worth! You are NOT going to be finding out any time soon!!!

[njw3000]

@novasigma I am not a Labour voter nor do I even support them, especially since they failed to regulate the banks. But under their watch poverty went down and more was spent on health and education.

But of course Cameron has no idea what it's like to be poor in this country. He is a vicious and ruthless class warrior and if you're not rich and you voted Conservative then you are a total idiot.

PS: Vote Green. Some say it's a wasted vote but so is voting for any of the 3 neoliberal parties.

[novasigma]

@njw3000

Labour wasted huge amounts of public money - especially when they were on the way out. They've also created a lost generation of uneducated wasters with no future. Why is Cameron a "class warrior"? Bring evidence, not just insults. I would seriously consider voting Green since I'm s strong advocate of environmental protection and animal welfare. Unfortunately, the Greens also subscribe to insane economic and criminal justice policies, as well as promoting the myth of "Islamophobia".

[BasilFawlty4444]

@novasigma

I believe that historians will judge the turn of the century Labour government differently.

Where you get the idea that they've "created a lost generation of uneducated wasters" I don't know. Under Labour, huge amounts of money were invested in education.

I have been educated in a state school under Labour, and I've done just fine for myself. I will soon be going off to uni, had 3 Russell offers and an interview at Oxford.

If my education taught me one thing it is to aspire.

[Moogisland1]

Your comment is baseless. A rich person is not incapable of realising that a 10% increase would be too much for some groups. Like I said, intelligence not wealth would determine that!!

Also, I could turn it the other way and say that a working class MP would favour only policies for working class people, so he would not have both groups interests at heart.

And as for your comment about Camerons leadership. Gordon Brown and Nick Clegg are hardly admirable leaders. lol.

[abominableangel]

hahaha so who do you think would be better the BNP or something

[Moogisland1]

This is the kind of thing that annoys me about interviewers. What has his wealth got to do with how he will run the country? Nothing!

[abominableangel]

@Moogisland1 then you dont understand the concept do you.. the point it Cameron is marketing himself as "an ordinary bloke with ordinary issues" ... I dont own £650,000 mansion do you? how can someone who obviously has no clue what the average person faces in today's markets sit there and claim he's and "ordinary bloke" it just adds wait to the issue that if he got into power the "ordinary" people will suffer at his lack of understanding the issues we actually face on a daily basis.

[abominableangel]

"The Tory leader's wife is thought to have had a stake in the firm and enjoyed two big windfalls from buy-outs. In December 2006 she scooped a reported £300,000 when Smythson went to City group for £16million.

Three years later she is thought to have earned £50,000 when it was sold for £18million. Samantha dismissed the payouts as "nothing life-changing".

NOTHING LIFE CHANGING! I'd say £300,000 was pretty life changing for a lot of people.. they are completely clueless!!

[abominableangel]

Their levels of ineptitude just goes to prove that it is the same old Tories and we WILL suffer from their incompetence.

[Moogisland1]

@abominableangel

wealth is a moot point in his ability to be a leader. Just because he is wealthy doesn't mean he can't understand the 'less fortunate' persons issues.

Does that mean that any working class MP should not be a leader, because they will not understand the issues of the wealthy end of the population!?

No it doesn't.

Experience, knowledge, understanding and intelligence are the qualities needed for a good leader. And wealth does not define any of those qualities.

[abominableangel]

it certainly isnt a moot point, for an example only a 10% increase on the cost of services may not seem a hell of a lot to him but to us its a back breaking blow, rich people want to make money poor people want to make money so a working class MP is infact a better choice as he has both groups interests at heart where as the rich only has the riches interests they dont understand that whats small for them is huge for us

[abominableangel]

Plus Cameron has no experience, he can't even lead his party correctly he gets caught in lies about expenses, he wont force the pledge on lord Ashcroft but will allow him to make changes to my country and when pressed about policy he screwed it up so bad he had to retract his statement for "miss describing" the policy ... he's the leader of the party for god's sake he should have been the first person to get it right.. the man is a joke

[paddy6062]

@abominableangel who do you think will be better a chav off a council estate??

[abominableangel]

@paddy6062 chavs wouldnt be interested in doing anything but watch jeremy kyle... how about a decent hard working person who hasnt promised to sell the country up the river by accepting donations for tax cuts which will effect front line services for the whole country..