Comments on: Paul Waugh: Andrew Mitchell MP claims downturn is an “incredibly good” moment for the Tories http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/2008/09/paul-waugh-andrew-mitchell-mp-claims-downturn-is-incredibly-good-moment-for-the-tories/ The inside track since 2003 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:18:02 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jon Walker http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/2008/09/paul-waugh-andrew-mitchell-mp-claims-downturn-is-incredibly-good-moment-for-the-tories/comment-page-1/#comment-57538 Jon Walker Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:30:09 +0000 http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/?p=2730#comment-57538 Here is the interview: http://www.epolitix.com/latestnews/article-detail/newsarticle/economic-crisis-incredibly-good-for-tories/ I interviewed Cameron today - he says (perhaps unsurprisngly) that Mitchell's comments have been misrepresented. Here is the interview:

http://www.epolitix.com/latestnews/article-detail/newsarticle/economic-crisis-incredibly-good-for-tories/

I interviewed Cameron today – he says (perhaps unsurprisngly) that Mitchell’s comments have been misrepresented.

]]> By: Tom Freeman http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/2008/09/paul-waugh-andrew-mitchell-mp-claims-downturn-is-incredibly-good-moment-for-the-tories/comment-page-1/#comment-57475 Tom Freeman Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:28:55 +0000 http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/?p=2730#comment-57475 Well, Mitchell's arguing that this quote was taken out of context, and looking at the whole thing I daresay he has a point - still clumsy, though. What's much more striking is David Cameron's <a href="http://viva-freemania.blogspot.com/2008/09/cameron-wanting-things-to-get-worse.html" rel="nofollow">statement</a> (admittedly a few years old) that in opposition "part of you actually starts wanting things to get worse" and that he could "hardly wait to switch on the Today programme every morning in order to listen to all the bad news". Delightful. Well, Mitchell’s arguing that this quote was taken out of context, and looking at the whole thing I daresay he has a point – still clumsy, though.

What’s much more striking is David Cameron’s statement (admittedly a few years old) that in opposition “part of you actually starts wanting things to get worse” and that he could “hardly wait to switch on the Today programme every morning in order to listen to all the bad news”.

Delightful.

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