David Cameron’s mum has joined the battle against Conservative cuts, it has emerged this morning. Mary Cameron’s intervention after signing a petition to save childrens’ centres has been splashed over the front page of the Daily Mirror. The headline: ‘Cameron’s mum fights Tory cuts’ looks deeply embarrassing for her son. Is this a family rift? Is Mary Cameron trying to make life difficult for her son? The truth is less dramatic despite the excitement on Twitter, where the hashtag ‘David Cameron’s MUM’, has been trending all morning.
After all, Mary Cameron is not the only member of the Cameron family to criticise her local council over axed services. David Cameron did it himself last year, writing to Oxfordshire Council saying he was ‘disappointed’ by planned cuts to frontline services’. In November, he hit out at reductions in funds handed over to elderly day centres, libraries and museums – sparking an angry response from Oxfordshire council leader Ian Hudspeth, who reminded him of how he worked hard to help him win last year’s general election.
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