What a contrast a week makes. On Piers Morgan we saw the emotional man talking movingly about the death of his daughter, the illness of his son, and when he proposed to Sarah. But in Andrew Rawnsley’s book we see a different PM. Moody. Depressed. Paranoid. Throws telephones. Grabs aides by the lapels of his jacket. Downing Street denies the allegations. But does it matter. Is it the sign of a genuinely passionate and emotional man who loses it when things don’t go right. Or is it the sign of a man who is emotionally out of depth?
The Argentine government is turning up the heat in the South Atlantic. There is a dispute over oil drilling rights. But if it gets nasty should we send another task force to defend the islands. There are 3,300 British residents on the island. They want to stay British. But would it be a military action too far. Do we care about the Falklands any more? I don. They are British after all. But do you?
Dr Tim Bale, senior lecturer in politics at Sussex University, came on to talk about his new book, The Conservative Party: from Thatcher to Cameron. He concludes that in the 1990s the party was too right wing, too ideological too wound-up over Europe. So have they changed under Cameron? Have THEY REALL CHANGED
Medhi Hassan, senior editor at the New Statesman, reviewed the papers, and insisted that the Rawnsley revelations (allegations) would not damage the PM; he attacked footballers over their salaries and welcomed the tax investigation into their financial affairs,. And, we agreed, on the poll in the Observer that more than 70 per cent think bankers bonuses are too high and that there should be a tax on them. Next week Royal bank of Scotland and Lloyds are setting aside £2.7 billion for bonuses.