The wonderful world of Cameron

The speaker of the commons, Michael Martin, has banned David "I'm cooler than a Siberian winter" Cameron from asking Tony Blair who he wanted to be the next Labour leader during Prime Ministers Question Time.

Mr Martin said the debate over who was going to lead the labour party after Blair was not a matter for the House. Cameron was pretty annoyed by all accounts, he nearly stopped smiling, but after consulting a think tank and a media advisor he thought better of it - voters love a smiler see.

Cameron is, instead, going to 'seek clarification' on Martin's ruling. This shows how non-violent and nice he is - he doesn't confront, he clarifies. He is showing how different he is from that war-monger Blair who would bomb the speaker's office with the full force of the American air force (who, incidently, would probably take out half of Coventry and most of Norwich with some hardcore friendly fire) and then make the injured lie on a bed in an NHS hospital corridor for forty-three days - because he can you know, he wouldn't have to ask Cherie or Bush or anyone, he could decide it all on his own.

Maybe Cameron will use his Webcameron posts to make his point. I'm sure his aides can organise a nice little scenario where he is shovelling manure into an eco-bin that turns animal poo into blankets for the homeless. Whilst he tries not to get the overalls his runner has just brought him dirty, he could explain his grievence with the speaker's decision. This would allow him to kill two birds with one stone (figuratively ofcourse, Dave loves all animals and all stones), getting his environmental (only) policy across whilst making his point about the speaker. Also, the press could get some easy headlines out of it.

In all honesty, though, I quite like David Cameron. he seems sincere. Like Blair modelled himself on the most successful PM before him - Thatcher - Cameron is doing the same by imitating Blair.

Cameron is certainly better than the alternatives. The formerly formiddable Blair is in his twilight years, he's done his bit, done it predominantly well, but he's reached the end of his time. Since he announced he was going he has been like the US military - more effective at shooting his own side than shooting down the opposition. His likely successor, Gordon "Has anyone seen my personality" Brown, is a defintie no-go. He has less appeal than a christmas break in Baghdad. The man is just plain unelectable...hopefully. If he gets in I swear I will lose faith in the population forever and start calling myself a Frenchman (although not speaking French may prove a problem). The other contenders, Bulldog Reid and the like, are small fry really, i doubt they will get the top job just yet.

So there really is only Cameron and we could do worse. We could have Berlusconi the crook, Putin the spy, Chirac the prat, or Bush the special school escapee. Blair was the master at media manipulation and the like, and he turned out alright, so despite the banter, I wish Cameron the best of luck, and that he will have a few more battles with the speaker, but from the position of Prime Minister.