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BRITISH PRIME MINISTER David Cameron has been asked to apologise for saying that Queen Elizabeth “purred” with contentment after he informed her that Scottish voters had rejected independence.
The Conservative leader was caught by news cameras yesterday, chatting in New York with businessman and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg.
David Cameron: The definition of relief is being Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and ringing the Queen and saying, “It’s alright, it’s okay.”That was something.She purred down the line…
But it should never have been that close, it wasn’t in the end.
There was a time in the middle of the campaign when it felt…
Michael Bloomberg: But that’s the press, they have to have stories…they put up the polls…
DC: Yeah… I’ve said I want to find these polling companies and I want to sue them for my stomach ulcers because of what they put me through, you know…
It was very nervous moments.
MB: That’s why you get paid the big bucks.
DC: Yeah.
Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond has been among the first to attack Cameron for what he called his “pathetic” conduct, and suggested some Scottish voters would have been only delighted to hear they gave the UK Prime Minister an ulcer.
David Cameron has been Prime Minister for four years, and he hasn’t learned the basic civility of not gossiping about what Her Majesty the Queen thinks or doesn’t think, to Michael Bloomberg or anyone else…
That’s absolutely pathetic, and he should hang his head in shame.
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He’s getting more like Alan Partridge by the day
Ah ha.
Cock P!ss Cameron!
it’s cholesterol, Scottish people eat it!!
I think he wanted to be caught so he could rub the Yes side’s noses in it. The arrogance of the man astounds me…”it should never have been that close”. Who does he think he is?
A man of the people. He’s absolutely incorrect about it though.
I bet she let out a Monty Burns ‘eeeeexcelent’ to boot.
two sewer rats enjoying new york street food together
I think you are confused. They are world leaders, and you are the peasant sewer rat.
it’s a matter of perspective
It’s not really.They are successful businessmen and politcians who have changed the world in some way or another and they will be remembered in the history books. You are a plebian peasant who will be forgotten about instantly.
Hitler changed the world in one way or another too he’s remembered in history books.people will never forget him.id rather be a pleb than remembered for the wrong reasons.
Cameron a successful businessman? You must be joking. He went straight from Oxbridge to working for the Tories. The only political leader in the UK who was a success in business is Nigel Farage.
Someone has upset Philip.. : ((((
Ye Cameron be known for lying to Scotland and scaremongering idiot
The plan for independence involved her remaining as Queen in Scotland anyway. They were never going to break the Union of the Crowns
Betty has been around for so long that people have gotten attached to her all over Britain.
When she dies it will be a big shift for the net generation and if they think that they can keep creaming off the top like she and those before her did then even England will dump them.
They’ll have to start acting more like European Royals and drop the pomp and arrogance.
As is, it would not be hard to see Scotland ridding itself of them in the next few decades.
Creaming off the top? She get’s a salary off the government in return for the rent received from all of her properties which far outweigh her salary.
Exactly Seamie, that’s why the media here are putting all the attention into Harry and Kate in particular because they are deemed to most likable by media standards.
The only thing I like about the royals myself is that when one of them gets married, I get a day off work!
Her name is Queen Elizabeth. Call her by her proper title ya little bollix
Her name is Elizabeth Windsor formerly Saxe Gotha Coburg
A few year’s ago it was shown that it cost about 60/70 pence per citizen per year in the Uk. To have the monarchy. In a poll very shortly after where people were asked if they thought this was acceptable. The general feeling was really is that all it cost us. With some 80/90% saying that’s quite good value.
Sorry haven’t got exact figures or who done the maths or poll. But dont really care enough to go looking for them. Just remember it. As some amusing factoid.
The only thing I find strange is. The complete underestimating of the attachment of the citizens of the UK to the monarchy.
Awkward moment of the year for Mr Cameron!
Must be embarrassing for the brits to have someone like Cameron as the top statesman. Imagine if we had someone as bad…..oh wait.
How is that disrespecting her though?
How did he know that she was purring over the ref. result. Phil the Greek might have brought her a nice warm mug of Gin, it was breakfast time after all.
He thought the gravy trail was going to derail.Fawning little twerp.
Why is there still a Royal Family in this day and age? People say it’s great for tourism…do tourists not go to France, Germany, Ireland and the rest? Parasites and benefit scroungers is all they are, biggest ones around.
lose
David Cameron is pleased with the outcome of the referendum, so what?
Here bango maybe you could explain why Scottish unionists were doing Nazi salutes at a ww2 memorial while burning the Scottish flag and attacking Scottish people.
Why can’t you explain it, BC?
Because it is a multi layered contradiction Philip, or maybe its ingrained ignorance, in fact I would say the shrinks couldn’t even unravel that one.
I’m lost non sequitur.
I thought so, maybe it’s just good old fashioned hatred and bigotry. The same type of behaviour that will be the end of the union one day.
Nice to see Salmond has bowed out of public life so gracefully in defeat. Go away and put on your blue make up Alex, they can take your indelendence, but they can never take your freeeeeeedooooommmm!
Heading to 70k new SNP members since end of Ref. campaign. They have nearly trebled their membership.
The other Yes parties, the Greens and SSP have doubled in size as well.
Scottish Labour’s membership is imploding.
Alex can step back knowing that he has brought them to within striking distance, motivated the under 55′s to take charge of their country and lives, the No side are being shafted by Labour and the Tories and England will play its role in breaking up the moribund Union, to everyone’s benefit.
Next generation of SNP leaders are every bit as good as he is, Sturgeon is better.
Things are rosy in the Salmond house despite the recent pain.
In fact, only one thing marred the SNP’s performance, and that is that they lost.
Loose the battle, win the war.
Christ, if people gave up after a defeat then we’d all still be living in caves.
The SNP can now work on finishing off the Lib Dems and Labour as electoral forces in Scotland.
Because as we all know, nothing can possibly go wrong when a country is dominated by a single party with a breast-beating nationalist ideology.
There will be several parties in Scotland, with very differing views.
What is dying out are the British nationalist parties, the Tories and Labour and the ineffectual at everything Lib Dems.
That does not equate to single party domination.
If the Scottish Tories and Labour drop their outpost mentality, always ringing Westminister for a position or instruction then they might have a future.
Seanie face it mate, you got it wrong. You were on here telling all and sundry last week that the UK was dead. Well after last weeks result it’s going to be around for while yet, most likely it will still exist long after we are dead. There won’t be a vote on this issue again for a generation at least.
The surge in membership for Yes parties means that this will not be dropping off the radar.
Devolution is now something that the English want now, they too will play their part in dismembering the rotting Union.
Pity it wasn’t a Yes but for those who support Scottish self-determination it has been a positive follow on from Friday.
The SNP goal now is to gain a majority of MPs in Scotland at the next general election on an independence ticket. They can then declare independence. That what Salmond means when he says a referendum isn’t the only route to independence. Jack Straw wants to make it illegal to dissolve the union without Westminster approval. The union is a dead man walking.
The picts were the ones who used blue paint, scots have that as part of their heritage regardless of politics or “freeedom” as you put it
Scotland is a ageing population . In 15 to 20 yrs time there will be more pensioners then young people . It’s oil wealth will be almost gone and it will be more financially dependent on the union then it ever has been . The 45 percent for yes votes was a protest vote against the Tories . The true figure is far less then that .
didn’t know the queen was a cat
Yes, minister
I would view 45% as close enough bid David
“And I’m feline good” – said the Queen to DC
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