I have been rebuked by some for calling David Cameron a liar. This was triggered by Cameron (and Tory Chairman Grant Shapps) calling the MP Mark Reckless a liar for switching to UKIP – without telling them before he did so.
So… I looked on the internet, and found that I was at the end of a long queue of people who had used the term ‘liar’ to describe David Cameron.
Here are just a few of the articles:
- There was the recent article from respected economist Professor Tim Congdon, which UKIP Daily has already published. He said:
On the BBC Today programme David Cameron, the Prime Minister, repeated the claim that he had cut the EU Budget. His (Cameron’s) words were:
“People say you’ll never be able to cut the EU budget. I’ve cut the EU Budget… I’ve got a track record of doing what I say I’m going to do.”
This is untrue. In fact, it is so untrue that Cameron must now be labelled a liar. Cameron’s claim is contradicted by readily available statistics in official documents …
- In 2011, ‘The Guardian had already castigated Cameron’s duplicity
- Then there is the website set up expressly for the purpose of highlighting Cameron’s porky pies
- And a website listing 100 broken promises
- Finally, some ‘corkers’
I sent a letter on Monday to ‘The Daily Telegraph’ calling David Cameron a liar. It was not published, but I am not surprised. For many years the DT was a moderately conservative (small ‘c’) paper – but carefully and cheerfully impartial. It is now a mouthpiece for the Conservative Party, in the same way that ‘Rossiskaya Gazeta’ is a mouthpiece for Vladimir Putin and it is relevant to note that the English edition of RG is published as a supplement to the DT!
The DT editor (since they fired respected journalist Tony Gallagher in January this year) is Chris Evans (no – not THAT Chris Evans, but a non-entity). He is a puppet, controlled by the Telegraph Media Group‘s editorial chief, Jason Seiken – an American whose God is profit, and who (with the Barclay twins who own the DT) has chosen to back the leadership of the Conservative Party wholeheartedly, and to rubbish all other parties – particularly UKIP.
At the Conservative Party Conference, Cameron belched forth a mass of pre-election promises, pledges, and ‘cast-iron guarantees’. I don’t know anyone outside the Party Faithful (and some inside) who believes them.
The Mail online is cockahoop about Cameron’s ‘Out of EUCHR’ promises as if they’re already fulfilled, but he hasn’t done anything yet and he still has 7 months to go. So why say ‘ IF I’m elected again’ when he could get the ball rolling? The LibDem ball and chain attached to his foot of course, with assorted LDs and Chakrabarti whining about how wrong it is to want to administer our own justice system without the approval of judges from countries with justice systems inferior to ours. Yet another pathetic attempt to steal UKIP’s colours, suitably watered down of course. And another promise Cameron can renege on later if he gets the chance.
Cameron’s Corkers illustrate the usual U-turns we can expect from politicians but I would not call a U-turn a lie.
I don’t think that Cameron goes out of his way to lie. Does he wake up in the morning and contemplate the “whopper” for today. I don’t think so. Political events often conspire that then often lead to the appearance of lying. It probably is more the lack of principle to admit mistakes and just tell it as it is. For example, the EU budget cut. I’m sure Cameron wanted to cut this but was prevented from doing so (as he will be in his renegotiations). Cameron’s failure is to cling on to the belief that his intentions led to an actual cut when clearly he failed. Our best strategy is not to lower ourselves to insults but to present the facts so that others can judge the character of the man
And todays news is that he’s squaring up to the EUCHR, but in such a wimpy way that it reminds me of the cowardly lion in “Wizard of Oz” (Put ’em up, put ’em up!) before he found his courage. About as convincing as his guarantee to hold a referendum over the Lisbon treaty. Oh for a leader that means what he says and carries it out without ifs, buts and maybes, prevarication, posturing and downright lies.
Cameron lied from the moment he spoke his first word