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4 March 2016

Watch: David Cameron’s appalling attempt at a Scottish accent

Tartan Tory.

By media mole

(Photo By Getty)

David Cameron has made a speech in Scotland today. And if that’s not chilling enough, he attempted to bring to life a Scottish man he met “in a chip shop” during his address.

Watch him launch into a Scottish accent with all the conviction and aplomb of a hostage in a terrorist propaganda film:

(h/t @tara_mulholland)

And if that’s not enough, your mole has been sniffing round the archive and found the PM attempting a Yorkshire accent a couple of years ago, during an impression of William Hague. Here’s the clip:

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