Arturo spent some time scanning the TV, radio and newspaper news items to find juicy bits for me. He came up with several - the choicest of which I now offer you.
'Boy David' Cameron is nothing if not a 'gentleman'; one can say that without much hesitation. His manners are seemingly impeccable. He nods and smiles at all the right people and in all the right places. However, he has the most extraordinary taste in house guests! The sort of taste that most 'gentlemen' would eschew!
Remember the Red-haired Vamp - one Rebekah Brooks? She was a pretty regular dinner guest and 'Boy David' frequented her parties. Not a good move!
Remember James Murdoch, the deputy chief operating officer of News Corporation? 'Boy David' Cameron invited him and his wife for a 'family dinner'. Another foolish move!
(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8646485/Phone-hacking-David-Cameron-dinner-with-James-Murdoch-broke-the-ministers-code.html)
As more recent events have shown, these 'guests' were a very unwise choice. Has Cameron learned anything from his previous guest gaffs? Well, the short answer is 'No'.
On 15 October, The Daily Telegraph carried the following headline: Porn baron Richard Desmond is David Cameron’s guest at Chequers: Richard Desmond, who made his fortune through pornography, attends a dinner party hosted by David Cameron at his country retreat. The article was written by Tim Walker and edited by Richard Eden.
The article commented:
Mandrake hears that the Prime Minister is entertaining Richard Desmond, the porn baron, at Chequers this weekend.
As well as making his fortune from pornography, Desmond delivered a damaging blow to the self-regulation of Fleet Street by withdrawing his four national newspapers from the press watchdog, the PCC.
It went on to comment:
It is not known whether Desmond, who still owns pornographic television channels, will feature the dinner at the PM’s grace-and-favour country residence in his OK! magazine.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8827987/Porn-baron-Richard-Desmond-is-David-Camerons-guest-at-Chequers.html
This Richard Desmond chap is a chimera. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, one of the definitions of a chimera is a 'mythical animal formed from parts of various animals.' Desmond is certainly formed from parts of various 'animals'.
** One part is: charitable giver. He raises money for various charitable causes.
** One part is: press baron. He founded Northern and Shell which publishes the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star and Daily Star Sunday, and the magazines OK!, New!, and Star. Quite a clutch of the publishing world there! Not quite on a par with Murdoch - but not bad!
** Another part is: TV baron - he owns television channels: Channel 5, 5* and 5USA. The company also owns Portland TV which has a number of adult TV channels.
Now, we know that 'Boy David' Cameron has recently announced he wants to block access to pornography on the Internet. So what does he think he is doing inviting Richard Desmond to Chequers? It was only two years ago that Desmond's company was fined for showing pornography on his TV channels that was too hardcore. In addition, on certain of his channels, there was no age verification measure in place - so anyone, including young children, could view it.
The charitable cause that was being supported by this event is a worthy one. Why was Richard Desmond chosen to be one of the guests?
It was also unfortunate because of the recent hoo-ha over Desmond's new Health Lottery. There have been complaints that his new lottery will not give as much of its proceeds to health as more established lotteries.
The Daily Mail in an article by Sean Poulter entitled : Hospices fear losing funds to new £100,000 lottery game that gives just 20 per cent of winnings to charities. Poulter writes:
Local hospice lotteries generally give 50p-60p in the pound to the homes and services they support.
The figure for Camelot’s Lotto games is 28p in the pound, while the Health Lottery will hand out just over 20p.
Camelotand The Hospice Lotteries Association are also complaining that this new lottery cuts across the ‘spirit and the letter of both statute and regulation’.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2049928/Hospices-fear-losing-funds-new-100-000-lottery-game-gives-just-20-cent-winnings-charities.html#ixzz1b3Isol8i
Mr Cameron, surely your guests must be like Caesar's wife - 'above suspicion'.
As the superlative PR man that you are - I hesitate to give you advice. However, being a cat who has nine lives, I will venture to do so! Before drawing up the guest list for future events 'Wise Up', Mr Cameron.
I'm off for a recuperative snooze.
'Bye'
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