David Cameron has for some time been wanting to do one of these Newsnight panel-style interviews. Watching it, I can see why. He excels at answering rapid fire questions, and easily recalls all his main slogans and sound bites. Here are my thoughts…
1. He could have been more robust rebutting Michael Crick when he questioned Cameron’s “anarchy in the UK” line. Throughout the Tory years, recorded violent crime peaked at 347,064 a year (in 1997). Last year, it was a record 1.3 million offences. Cameron’s researchers should click through and familiarise themselves with this staggering data. British streets have never been more dangerous.
2. He only mentioned “social responsibility” once. Good.
3. Like James, I was impressed by his handling of the marriage issue. He reeled off all the statistics showing kids do better in marriage, and said he simply wanted to remove the current system which pays families to break up.
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