The Prime Minister’s claim that he supports Aston Villa has never been quite believed by football fans. And today, it seems, he has changed his allegiance – telling an audience (above) that they should support West Ham.
CCHQ has not, as yet, come up with an explanation as to why he didn’t say Aston Villa (other than the fact that he’s no more a Villa fan than Gordon Brown was an Arctic Monkeys fan – his biography has plenty references to villas, but none to Aston Villa). But when the explanation comes, Mr S will update.
UPDATE: The Prime Minister may have been exaggerating his attachment to football. Here are some quotes, before he became party leader:-
@paulwaugh @MarinaHyde @GaryLineker from Hansard in 2001. Admits not a football fan pic.twitter.com/aJnRYoxAKE
— Graeme Demianyk (@GraemeDemianyk) April 25, 2015
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