To think that if you can't remember to take your 8 year old home from the pub then you can't be trusted to run the country?

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www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/jun/11/david-cameron-daughter-behind-pub?newsfeed=true

mrsdevere he is indeed a Tosser. And he'll never be like one of us, however many children he leaves in the pub.

This argument is just going round in circles now - it's a non-story. Let's concentrate on the politics, maybe on another thread. (Here's hoping).

I once left my 2 week old daughter outside a local shop in her pram and remembered about 1/2 way back home. It was the first time that I went out with a pram and I was not used to it. The world was a different place back then (she is now aged 41) and you could leave a baby outside a shop whilst you went inside. Certainly didn't intend to leave her and walk away though. Have managed to 'not leave' my 2nd daughter or any of my grandchildren anywhere (as yet) so perhaps I've improved with age. Can understand how these things can happen though and it doesn't necessarily make him a bad parent. (Mind you it doesn't necessarily make him a good leader either.)

A great friend of mine disappeared, age 5, on her parents' sheep farm: it was shearing time, and no-one noticed she was gone.

Eventually, the alarm was raised, the farm was searched, nothing was found & a major panic ensued (their farm was on a main road, only a few miles from a couple of large towns). The Police set up their ICP in the shearing shed and were in the process of briefing a hundred or so volunteer searchers when a small girl was seen to emerge from the hopper where the fleeces were kept before being baled.

She stretched sleepily, then walked up to the senior copper and said, "My Daddy's going to be really cross with you for having your party in his shed at shearing time!".

A large bed of still-warm wool is clearly rather nice to sleep in!

I do find it depressing that he s in charge of a government that has done outrageous things in our name and nobody challenges it. He makes a simple human error that anyone could make, and is told he's jot fit to govern.

seeker - i challenged his policies by not voting for him

People who insist that policy threads never get this big clearly slept through all the benefit threads.

While we're on the topic of "problem families" that Cameron is so keen to deflect, the government definition is nothing to do with families actually involved in crime or constant anti-social behaviour. It's nothing to do with families who never send their kids to school. It's 120,000 (supposedly) families who are poor, in poor housing, struggling to make ends meet and might have a mother with mental illness or an adult with long term sickness or disability. These are the people that this government thinks need teaching how to live their lives.

So yes, Cameron is a tosser, and so is Eric Pickles, for that matter.

They're all tossers. Time was when I could muster at least a begrudging respect for at least one Conservative cabinet/shadow cabinet member at any one time, but these days they've surpassed themselves . Gove anyone? Nadine Dorries? Loons and tossers the lot of them.

On a nicer note, awwww @ wendy's little friend in the fleeces.

Dorries is a backbencher, isn't she? See, even their backbenchers are loons and tossers.

My MP is Jacob Rees-Mogg.

I agree with Seeker there. Not read the thread, but imho this just shows how thick people really are!
I can't get over how people are questioning the cunt David Cameron's suitability to run the country, over the fact that he and his wife made an everyday human error like misplacing one of their kids for 15 minutes!

Like THAT'S the worst thing the cunt David Canmeron has ever done!!

Fucking imbeciles! It's no wonder he's in charge - we are surrounded by morons!

morons with superb language choices for so early of a morning Pictish.

Should point out I wasn't basing my opinion on this thread alone - have been following the story in the media too.

He can fuck us and our kids over as much as he pleases, but wow betide him for making a simple mistake.

Duh!

Pictish- but it's all all right now, they've changed their minds about the pasties......

I have 'misplaced' all of my children at one time or another and sympathise with the Camerons - their set of circumstances are particular but it is easily done and we'd all wish we hadn't done it but tbh most of us have.

Not sure why it impacts on his ability to run the country though.

And I'm just musing on whether there is anybody in the entire country who MNetters would think was capable of doing so?

seeker

Lol at Jenai!

Let's have a referendum!

And I'm just musing on whether there is anybody in the entire country who MNetters would think was capable of doing so?

Ok, I'll give it a go!

Actually, I'd quite like to see Bob Geldof try. Not Bob Geldof now tho, I'd like the 80s fist slamming, "we need the money nooow" Bob Geldof.

Failing that, I'd settle for Benedict Cumberbach. He has a name that sound like old school politics and even if he was crap, we'd at least have something pretty to look at.

Good point, pretty - the looks could distract from any nonsense he might be talking...

Easily done, we left our niece outside a theatre in USA for about the same time, realised we were one missing and had to turn the bus around to get her. We were a big family party of 10. We laugh about it now and no harm done.

My friends son got left somewhere which was 22 miles away from home - there were two cars and the occupants of each car thought the other one had him - he was 14 at the time but still underage and 22 miles away from home - things did turn out alright in the end. Family belted back up to where they had been - mobile phone did help. Told him to stay where he was and he was collected. Caused a few missed heart beats though at the time!!

Home Alone 3 - The Downing Street Years.

Can you imagine??

BoffinMum. Yes I sort of can imagine it. Downing Street fridge full of cheap pasties Little girl sitting on the sofa trying to fathom the Daily telegraph crossword.