This man is a Tory MP, he is an Old Etonian, an ex Army Officer and one of Dave's new wave of MPs... but his main claim to fame is that he believes (apparently) that his constituents use string to hold up their trousers and leave road accident victims in dark rooms for 2 weeks......
He is of course the String Marketing Board's latest recruit in their fight with the Leather Industry, and Andrew Lansley's spokesman on the NHS.
Even though I am in Dubai with work, and there has been much in the news re Afghanistan today, I thought this story struck home more than all of the others. Here is someone who seems to have no understanding of the people he purports to represent, and how can someone born in Hong Kong, went to Eton and Oxford and was an officer in the Army really understand those "primitive" areas in the Lake District?
And to finish, I bought Alistair Campbells's "Prelude to Power" at the airport on the way out. having read "The Blair Years" I am looking forward to reading the un-censored version of his diaries.
Middle East Correspondent, Dubai
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