Our former PM and his £25,000 shepherd hut in the age of austerity

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He had the salmon faced cheek to introduce the Bedroom Tax and disability cuts. Then he wimps out of office and splashes out £25,000 (minus any discount he might have received for publicising it in the papers) for a shepherd's hut in which he can churn out his memoirs about how he imposed austerity on the rest of us.

Surely he has a spare room in his Chipping Norton mansion in which he could plonk away on his laptop.

At least he's supporting the economy not taking from it like so many do nowadays

Anyone who buys anything is supporting the economy

And who is taking from the economy

Or even 1974!

splatcontroller

I know very well what a despot is thank you very much. You on the other hand either don't realise that Africa is an actual continent or you are purposefully generalising about the leaders of all 54 countries.

Interesting couple of facts Andrew.

JunctionBaby

I lived in Africa (4 years in Zanzibar) so have a vague understanding of the continent. Enough to know that it's where most current despots are and, in my lifetime, where they've been.

As you think Cameron's a despot, it's hard to take you seriously.

Purposefully generalising it is then

No, I don't think he's a despot. I posted that merely to point out your casual use of 'African'. The world over is full of corrupt leaders of many forms but you chose that tired old 'corrupt Africans' line. He may not be a despot by the strictest definition, but he instigated austerity measures that have impoverished, even contributed to the deaths of many. His personal fortunes were squirrelled away in off shore havens and he casually mocks those who are less fortunate even with his own decor. Take me seriously or not, I couldn't give a flying rats ass.

He may not be a despot by the strictest definition

That tends to be what we go on.

I posted that merely to point out your casual use of 'African'.

God knows what this means.

tired old 'corrupt Africans' line

It's accurate.

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He put party before country and spectactly fucked us all over.

He's rich, it won't effect him. I don't blame him for not caring, I blame the people who voted for a posh boy with no moral fibre.

"He put party before country and spectactly fucked us all over."

This.

Rich man buys luxury item shocker.

His money, his business.

Can we have a Shepherd's Hut Tax to replace the bedroom tax please?

He's not just a rich man though. He's a former public servant who fucked his country over and then pissed off.

And who furthermore, is so lacking in basic self awareness that he still believes he has something worthwhile to say.

As Carrie Bradshaw would have put it, we need a new word for stupid.

ShellyBoobs

Err, there is a bedroom tax though. Unless you want to be stupidly pedantic and call it the "under-occupancy penalty" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under-occupancy_penalty

Surely you can't be so dense?

He will go down in history as the worst pm ever.

The Camerons are extraordinarily rich. The PM job was always an interesting vanity post for him. Having failed the country he will continue to enjoy his extraordinary wealth while the rest of us pay the price for his mistakes.

Brings out my inner Jacobin.

Both Blair and Cameron were clever boys with no real intellectual depth. Neither of them were given to any thinking or reflection of the consequences of their actions. They both wanted to be seen as 'in touch' with the people, hence their eagerness to play the guitar, enjoy Come Dancing, bake bread, be seen with their lovely families, have 'date nights'(yuk!!!).
I really wonder if there should be a minimum age for someone to be Prime Minister.

On another note, where does Cameron's son go to school?

He's not a despot, but he was criminally insouciant and unforgiveably complacent and staked the country's future for what appears to be purely party political gain. And as he is not stupid, I suspect that somewhere in the depths of his soul, he knows it...

Bambamrubblesmum
He did manage to destroy hundreds of thousands of lives abroad too. or do they not deserve even a mention which is why you only wrote about our soldiers?

I've got less of a problem with Blair's wealth, seeing as he and Cherie actually worked for theirs

I haven't stopped laughing since I read this. You are kidding, I hope.

I really hope he does know it Brownsauce but the fact that he's still hanging around in the public eye makes me wonder. A less stupid person would have slunk away last summer and we would never have heard from them again.

And yes Tony Blair seems to suffer from the same condition.

What type of person wants a shepherds hut in their back garden?

DC: darling, I'm at a bit of a loose end. Think I'll dip into the ISA and buy myself a shepherds hut. I can sit in it and try to find myself.

SamCam: whatever makes you happy, salmonchops. Just keep out of my way whilst I launch my fashion empire.

DC: thank you, darling. Could you help me choose the paint: Mouse's Back or Dead Salmon

SamCam: oh man the fuck up, Dave!

He probably likes duck egg blue, or some wallpaper from Gideon's dad.

Perhaps so Floisme. I was hoping, rather naievely, that on the odd occasion that he wakes at 4am and experiences brief moments of doubt, that his soul is troubled. Cue lots of people telling me he doesn't have one!

RortyCrankle

You don't think Cherie Blair - a working class girl who went to a poly and worked her way up to a QC - earned her wealth? Not doubting that being married to Blair helped in some ways later on, but she did incredibly well to get where she is now. She's a very well respected QC.

Some friends of ours have a gypsy caravan in their (rather large) garden. It's lovely.

I really hope you're right Brown I want him to be troubled. Blair too.

@Babycham

Not denying that Cherie came from a relatively poor famil

BUT she attended a convent grammar school and went on to study law at LSE.

She taught at a poly.