DVD Dave @ No 10

"All work and no play make who - a dull boy? Not our 'Boy David' Cameron, that's for sure!" Arturo said.

We'd heard that our PR of a PM has been given the nickname, DVD Dave, for his propensity to curl up on the sofa and watch a boxed set of dvds in order to 'chillax'.

Can you imagine Maggie Thatcher spending her evenings in front of a boxed set of 'Desperate Housewives'? Well, apparently, that is one of our DVD Dave's collection! The mind surely boggles!

Andrew Hough, in the 'Telegraph', comments on a biography of 'Boy David' Cameron that is shortly to be published: 'Cameron: Practically a Conservative'. The book has been written by Francis Elliott of The Times and James Hanning of The Independent on Sunday.

According to Hough's article:

One “ally” of Mr Cameron told the book’s authors: “If there was an Olympic gold medal for ‘chillaxing’, the Prime Minister would win it.”

Michael Gove, the Education Secretary and a family friend, added: “He is the model of how to have a clear divide between the world of work and then relaxation so you can clear your mind.

"There are very few people who have such a finely developed capacity to do that.”

There are interesting snippets of information in this article. Here is one describing how Cameron is:

... a frequent visitor to political betting websites, in order to keep tabs on the latest polling methodology...

And another states:

Mr Cameron, 45, has been dubbed “DVD Dave” for his love of box sets

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/9276511/David-Cameron-how-karaoke-and-tennis-make-PM-a-chillaxing-champ.html

'a frequent visitor to political betting websites'!! 'to keep tabs on the latest polling methodology'!! Pull the other one, please!Why doesn't Cameron do what Julius Caesar did? Sacrifice a few chickens and study their entrails! Much more reliable and less tempting than 'political betting websites'. Still, as they say, each to his own.

Arturo wonders if our 'Boy David' Cameron even has his own personal astrologer to cast his horoscope before going to PMQs. We have seen suspicious signs on disgarded pieces of paper.

Whoops! Dearie me, I nearly forgot another snippet from the article. It's one that will freeze the heart of 'Wailing Lad', otherwise known as 'Ridiculous Nicholas' Clegg. Here it is:

To escape the pressures of the problems currently gripping the country, he is also said to invite friends over for a game of snooker.

When he is on his own, he takes on a machine that fires tennis balls at him at high velocity, which he has nicknamed “the Clegger” following his closely-fought victory against the Deputy Prime Minister.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/9276511/David-Cameron-how-karaoke-and-tennis-make-PM-a-chillaxing-champ.html

Now Arturo and I have heard of punch-balls. But 'the Clegger' might make even the most stable of souls rather paranoid. How would you fancy having the stuffing knocked out of an imaginary you, day after day? Then again, we expect Clegg is becoming used to that idea!

Arturo and I were still bemused by the quotation about Cameron that had been made by Gove:

“He is the model of how to have a clear divide between the world of work and then relaxation so you can clear your mind.

"There are very few people who have such a finely developed capacity to do that."

We have concluded that 'Boy David' Cameron has been so effective at clearing his mind that he's ended up with an empty head!

Arturo and I are going off to try to develop a 'chillaxing' strategy for ourselves - and one that does not entail catching our own dinners!

'Bye'