I had indeed heard him. This time it seemed it was 'Mesmer Eyes' Balls who got under his skin and got the retort that he was a 'muttering idiot'. Speaker Bercow pounced as quick as a flash and Cameron was warned that this was unparliamentary language!
According to The Press Association:
Balls staggered at PM's idiot tauntThe report continued:
Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls has said he was "completely staggered" when David Cameron branded him a "muttering idiot" during an angry outburst in the Commons.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hBtFlsT3VamhWkbBUz0IChMkssCQ?docId=N0309131337866309562A
He claimed the Prime Minister's instinct was to "lash out" but suggested it would be better if he "calmed down" and examined where he was going wrong.
The insult came after Mr Balls repeatedly taunted the Conservative leader during prime minister's questions on Wednesday, reportedly telling him to "chillax, and have another glass of wine" - a reference to a recently published book which claims Mr Cameron unwinds from the stresses of his job by drinking three or four glasses of wine with Sunday lunch.
Mr Balls told Sky News: "To be fair to me, I have not been muttering for the last 18 months, I've been shouting from the rooftops the Cameron Osborne plan would fail."
He added: "If I'm honest with you I was completely staggered. It was 12.27pm and suddenly he lashes out like that. I was completely taken aback. But, you know, the guy is obviously worried about the economy and worried about his reputation and doesn't know what to do and his instinct is to lash out."
He added "Actually, it would be better if he calmed down and thought to himself 'what did I get wrong, what can I do about it?'
Of course, as Arturo has repeatedly said, this week, 'Boy David' must be in a right old tizz over the goings-on at the Leveson show. Every time anyone giving evidence opens their mouth, they drop both Jeremy 'permanently shocked' Hunt and Cameron right in the proverbial!
'Little Lad' Adam Smith gamely tried to fend off the googlies bowled at him by Mr Jay. But the picture created is one of chaos at the DCMS. This is not to come as a shock when the Department for Media, Culture and Sport is in the hands of a man who looks so obviously amazed at life in general.
However, Cameron is no doubt to be held to account for actually putting the BSkyB decision into such a pair of hands. This is particularly so when Jeremy 'permanently shocked' Hunt had stated in 2010 about News Corp's bid to take full control of BSkyB :
The UK has the chance to lead the way on this as we did in the 80s with the Wapping move but if we block it our media sector will suffer for years ... I think it would be totally wrong to cave into the Mark Thompson/Channel 4/Guardian line that this represents a substantial change of control given that we all know Sky is controlled by News Corp now anyway...http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/24/leveson-inquiry-jeremy-hunt-bskyb?newsfeed=true
If only, the News Corp bid to run the whole of BSkyB had been referred to the Competition Commission, all this brouhaha might have been avoided. The Commission has strict rules and guidelines regarding 'prejudgement'. The Commission states:
It is important that members approach decision-taking on behalf of the CC with an open mind. Their ability to consider a particular case might be compromised or might appear to be compromised, for example, if they had written an article or made a speech expressing strong views about a particular merger or market, or, in an extreme case, had expressed strong opinions about a particular type of evidence or methodology.http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/assets/competitioncommission/docs/pdf/non-inquiry/our_peop/members/conflicts_interest/110407_conflicts_guidance_for_publication.pdf
Oh, 'Boy David' Cameron, why didn't you read that before giving the ability to adjudge the News Corp bid to Jeremy 'permanently shocked' Hunt? After all - his opinion was known as far back as 2010!
Still all this does make for entertaining viewing on the TV. It's either Leveson or 'Murder, she wrote'! Next week is going to be nail-biting time! On Monday, former PM, Tony 'I really do believe it' Blair, is to be giving evidence. Since the man never actually knew what he was doing on any given day, he cannot be expected to remember anything about his dealings with Murdoch! Unless, of course, he's paid to give a lecture about it, then he has 20-20 vision.
Next, our present PM, 'Boy David' Cameron will be taking the stand. No doubt he'll be on his best behaviour no 'muttering idiot' comments this time.
As Arturo said in my ear 'It's a great life, if you don't weaken!' As for us, we're getting away from the blithering idiots here in Downing Street and going to cool off in Trafalgar Square near the fountains.
'Bye'
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