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30 July 2012

Cameron calls Aidan Burley a twat

The Prime Minister's artful put-down of the troublesome Tory MP.

By George Eaton

Unsurprisingly, David Cameron was keen to condemn Conservative MP Aidan Burley’s description of the Olympics ceremony as “leftie multi-cultural crap.” Here’s what he told the BBC:

I did once say something about people who use Twitter, particularly politicians, and I think in this case I was absolutely spot on. I think what he said was completely wrong. It was an idiotic thing to say.

In other words, the Prime Minister has just called one of his MPs “a twat“.

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