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*LADIES* Gorgeous photo of Cameron, front cover Daily Mirror.

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crystal123 · 06/05/2010 16:37

The Daily Mirror today printed a great photo of Cameron , when he was young and handsome. I can't understand the Mirror, why print a photo of him, at his best. This paper is meant to be putting people off voting for him, not encouraging them! Tory ladies please supply link to front page as I can't.

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MadamDeathstare · 06/05/2010 16:40

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tiredemma · 06/05/2010 16:44

I wouldnt say that he looke 'young and handsome' on that pic- he looks as if he has more make up on than me.

he repulses me.

Meglet · 06/05/2010 16:46

I wouldn't care if he looked like Tom Ford, I don't vote for someone because they were handsome 20 years ago.

This is not a Jackie magazine hunk of the week competition. Tad more important than that.

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crystal123 · 06/05/2010 16:48

tiredemma. I don't think he had make-up on, those old Tory toffs would have beaten the crxp out of him otherwise.

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crystal123 · 06/05/2010 16:48

Meglet. Why print a nice photo? as opposed to dodgy one?

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BariatricObama · 06/05/2010 16:49

of course he has make up on! he is dolled up like tart

OrmRenewed · 06/05/2010 16:51

OOh LOVELY!

I was going to vote labour but being such a silly air-head I am going out to vote for him right now.

Beachcomber · 06/05/2010 16:55

Is it this one?

If it is then I like this comment;

"I know it's easily portrayed as class-ist or 'reverse snobbery', but I think it's perfectly legitimate to question the origins of a potential Prime Minister with claims to represent the people.

This is a man who, after Eton, was gifted an executive role at Carlton Communications through a friend of the family, before joining the political ranks. So you could genuinely argue he has never done a 'proper day's work' in his life.

I think being a Bullingdon member - £3000 just for the attire, the sort of sum regular students are being asked to find for their tuition fees each year - at one of the UK's most expensive public schools, Eton, would seem elitist for even those who went to a fee-paying school.

What troubles me more is that his fellow students George Osbourne and Boris Johnson were also members of the same exclusive club within an exclusive school. And these are people who could now end up holding arguably the three most powerful positions in UK politics - Prime Minister, Chancellor and Mayor of London.

It's political in-breeding at its worst. And all the photocalls of Dave riding a bike or eating fish & chips can't escape this."

Good on the Mirror for challenging the censorship of this photo I say.

Beachcomber · 06/05/2010 17:00

(Photo is blurred on the Guardian website due to this photo being censored).

Quite like this comment too;

"Freedom of Information, Freedom of Speech and not hiding the truth are reasons enough to publish the Bullingdon photos. Highlighting the Eton background is also particularly relevant at this election. We are faced with a choice between electoral reform or the Conservatives. More Prime-ministers have come from Eton than anywhere else and to me that highlights how far we are from a properly democratic country and how much we are a country that is ruled by the same old rich, establishment "elite" year in, year out. So publishing the Eton/Bullingdon photo is absolutely spot on in highlighting the choice we have today - between the continued rule of the privileged or a long overdue change to a democracy."

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reikizen · 06/05/2010 17:04

Yep, he's the fella to sort out the massive cuts needed in public spending. A true man of the people. Makes me want to vomit.

AbsOfCroissant · 06/05/2010 17:04

Ah yes, I always base my choices for the leader of a country based on how they looked as a late teen

crystal123 · 06/05/2010 17:08

Blair, public school, Clegg, Westminster public school, most of any cabinets have been to public school, including that old witch, Harriet Harman, say no more!

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Beachcomber · 06/05/2010 17:08

Except that is not what it is about. It is about exclusivity, privilege, democracy, elitism and um censorship. Bit more grown up than teenage looks.

Beachcomber · 06/05/2010 17:10

Isn't Brown one of only 5 British Prime Ministers who didn't go to Oxford or Cambridge?

I guess that pesky democracy does manage to get in the way of privilege sometimes.

LadyBlaBlah · 06/05/2010 17:11

Op - there is no such thing as a good picture of David Cameron. He is puck ugly.

I can only hope and pray that I won't have to see his foulness every day from now on. I've come across decomposed bodies that are less offensive than him.

sallyJayGorce · 06/05/2010 17:11

You should have seen what I used to wear.

Cartoose · 06/05/2010 17:12

What I chose to do as a late teen is exactly what I'd choose to do now too.

crystal123 · 06/05/2010 17:12

Also Blair was a public schoolboy, who brought us into an illegal war, I don't think the background is important, it's more important that they have a social moral compass, which I'm afraid most don't have.

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crystal123 · 06/05/2010 17:14

Ladyblahblah. Where are these bodies? I would suggesst most sit in Westminster.

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AbsOfCroissant · 06/05/2010 17:17

Yes, but Blair didn't get his first job through family friends, he didn't advance through his whole life because of his position. I am by NO stretch of the imagination a fan of Tony Blair, but I am less of a fan of Cameron.

What this kind of snobbery and preservation of wealth and status for a select few does, is destroy a country. It discourages innovation, hard work, talent. Someone should NOT be able to become a politician or leading lawyer or publicist or doctor because their parents could afford an expensive school, to send them to a top university and fund exclusive clubs, or because parents/friends have the right connections. People should get those roles and jobs because they are talented, hardworking, and the best people for them.

Beachcomber · 06/05/2010 17:17

Crystal Blair isn't running though is he?

We've got Eton Boy Who Can't/Won't Answer Questions against Dour Scot Who Saved The Economy (and would like to be given a chance to continue doing so).

Kicks self off thread and opens wine (I'm in France, it's later here!).

sallyJayGorce · 06/05/2010 17:25

AbsofCroissant are you saying if you had useful connections you would withold them from your children? My parents didn't have any but if I have any I'm not hiding them. I went to a school where a lot of parents with interesting connections offered them to other kids for work experience and in some cases for work after school. I can't see a problem with that. After all, can't we all get to Kevin Bacon in 6 degrees?

vintage · 06/05/2010 17:27

that pic was in the tv programme when Dave met Boris or something. The programme just showed what sort of world they live/d in 1000s of miles away from most peoples reality