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Tuesday, 31st July 2007

Cameron hits back

8:25am

Criticism from Ali Miraj, a Tory activist who was an early supporter of David Cameron and sits on two of the party’s policy review groups, of the Tory party's lack of substance is getting some ink this morning. But in a combative interview on the Today Programme, David Cameron revealed that just yesterday Miraj asked the Tory leader to make him a peer and implied that Miraj’s criticisms are just sour grapes. I suspect that we haven’t heard the last of this. 

Update: Conservative Home reports that Miraj is going on the World at One to respond to Cameron. The last thing that Cameron needs now is a personal squabble with someone who introduced him aty the launch of his leadership bid. It fits all too perfectly with the emerging narrative of Cameron failing to live up to the hopes of his supporters.

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Simon

July 31st, 2007 9:18am

Good for Dave fighting back. Polls today show Brown's bounce getting smaller already & Dave ahead with female voters even now.

Alex R

July 31st, 2007 10:47am

Thought the most interesting thing was that the BBC thought that one distatisfied activist deserved so much coverage. I am a distatisfied activist, but I don't expect to be lead news on BBC online.

burmah toad

July 31st, 2007 2:06pm

Actually - the most interesting this is that DC gave the story legs by having such a go at Miraj this morning. Which meant he went on WATO. Which means the story will be in tomorrow's papers as well. So much for CCHQ wising up on media strategy....

burmah toad

July 31st, 2007 3:43pm

Actually - the really, really most interesting thing is that Ali Miraj is rumoured to be on the brink of defecting to Labour.

Praguetory

July 31st, 2007 4:33pm

BT - Labour have a more reliable record for cronyism. Ali should give it a whirl.

Jonathan Sheppard

July 31st, 2007 9:18pm

I gave my two penneth on the PM show on Radio Four this evening :- http://www.toryradio.com/jcms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=793&Itemid=45

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