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Tory MP Tim Yeo asks: is Cameron a man or a mouse?

By New Statesman Published 28 August 2012 7:12

Prime Minister and Conservative leader David Cameron. Photograph: Getty Images.

David Cameron has so far refused to abandon his government's opposition to a third runway at Heathrow. Photograph: Getty Images.

The prime minister must ask himself whether he is man or mouse. His place in history is assured as the leader who made the Tories (nearly) electable again, an achievement that eluded three previous leaders. But does he want to be another Harold Macmillan, presiding over a dignified slide towards insignificance? Or is there somewhere inside his heart – an organ that still remains impenetrable to most Britons – a trace of Thatcher, determined to reverse the direction of our ship?

Conservative MP and former environment minister Tim Yeo urges David Cameron to abandon his objections to building a third runway at Heathrow.

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5 comments

Tue, 2012-08-28 21:54 — Omniscient

Cameron is someone (I wouldn't even call him a 'man') devoid of any apparent values or principles, so he is incapable of leading anything and making decisions. As a result, he defaults decisions to ministers who operate in their own little worlds, without any guidance or leadership. Uturns on the NHS, school-sports partnerships etc are not a problem for him, as devoid of beliefs he had no commitment to the original decision, to his country and to the vulnerable people who are now his victims.

Tue, 2012-08-28 17:06 — charlesfrith

There's no difference between Blair and Cameron. Good media sales in driving up a difference though.

Tue, 2012-08-28 12:48 — Al Gween (not verified)

If Tim Yeo ever stepped out of the Westiminster village and mixed with the normal people of Britain he would realised that most of us have a 'penetrable' heart. It is him and his Tory party that he is mistaking all of us with. What a toss*er

Tue, 2012-08-28 09:49 — Posh Tosh (not verified)

He is neither man ,nor mouse, he is a yes man to venture fascist controllers of his puppet string.

He is one of the gang of the three parties Westminster whom are a sellers of bananas in a coconut stall. They do not know about what they are selling.

Why did Cameron go to Eton and then Oxford to be a plain old media man before he started saying yes to string pullers...as was Clegg...as was Miliband.