Cameron's Sunday best

Frank O'Connell

Andrew Marr's questioning was very strong . It is a pity he does not use the same strong questioning against Gordon Brown. Remember Brian Waldren he was a brilliant interview.

kinglear

I think a comparison with Marr's fawning interview with Brown would be in order

Caroline

Do you really think the general public give a damn about 'equivalence'? It's pot calling kettle. Conservatives should have been more moderate in their responses to Labour money problems then they wouldn't be facing such contempt over their own alleged mistakes. Cameron attempting to slither out from under his own sleaze problems is not a pretty sight. As for his on every occasion calling Brown a ditherer, that'll be falling on deaf ears when the public are faced with the choice of alleged 'ditherer' or slippery 'slitherer' It's a complete joke that on ConHome the holier than thou excuses are already being put forward.

Alex

I agree, an excellent performance by DC. It is a pity that Andrew Marr still did not appear to get the difference between Hain's predicament and Osbourne's situation. It would be really helpful if the Conservative Party could put on their website a full explanation (with relevant links etc) that DC mentioned in this morning's interview. So far I can't see anything. I also agree that the Lord Ashcroft issue (as well as Johan Eliasch) should be handled by the Conservative Party in a more open and transparent manner. For many casual observers these matters will appear to be the 'elephant in the sitting room' when in fact there is no such elephant. I assume.

Caroline

Do you really think the general public give a damn about 'equivalence'? It's pot calling kettle. Conservatives should have been more moderate in their responses to Labour money problems then they wouldn't be facing such contempt over their own alleged mistakes. Cameron attempting to slither out from under his own sleaze problems is not a pretty sight. As for his on every occasion calling Brown a ditherer, that'll be falling on deaf ears when the public are faced with the choice of alleged 'ditherer' or slippery 'slitherer' It’s a complete joke that on ConHome the holier than thou excuses are already being put forward.

TGF UKIP

Big difference between Marr's handling of Brown last week and Cameron this. At no stage last week was Marr terrier like as he was with Cameron over an EU Constitution referendum. Instead Brown was allowed to repeat and repeat unchallenged distorted and misleading inflation figures and even when raising the potentially difficult matter for Brown of the gold sales, Marr was very careful not to use the actual figures which would really have embarrassed and shamed his jock Labour friend. Small wonder that Mark Lawson in The Guardian!! referred to Marr in his excellent review of the interview last Monday as being "Brown's comfort zone." Incidentally, if anyone on the right, or even Daveist Tories for that matter, would like to give themselves a little mid-Winter cheer I suggest they go to John Harris's post last week in The Guardian on "Crypto Stalinist Brown." I accessed it via Guido (order-order.com) and his "Seen elsewhere" section. Better even than the article though are the comments which follow and when the Guardianistas are saying what they are about Gordon, he's got big problems. There are many comments which made me smile but perhaps none more than the one which directed people who wanted to read eulogies of Gordon to The Torygraph generally and Rachel Sylvester in particular -ouch!

Mike

Cameron was good, but Marr was frankly appalling. Marr's objectivity and credibility as a journalist is seriously in question. Is he just a NuLab cheerleader along with his wife?

Bil H

TGF said:- Marr was very careful not to use the actual figures which would really have embarrassed and shamed his jock Labour friend." Your rasicm coming to the fore, TG? When you sassenachs produce folk with the calibre to run your own country, only then will we be able to return north and leave you to run your own!

TGF UKIP

Bil H - so delicate, yet so arrogant.