cameron and a puppy

[frankthring]

I see that when a housewife approached Cameron in Cheltenham for a chat
her eight month old puppy was taken away by his minders (MI5 I suppose)
as it was deemed a security threat.
This little comic incident sums up for me the Cameron Years and what is
wrong with Britain today and the country I used to love - Political
Correctness now runs rampant.
The same nonsense of PC is carried to the nth degree in public debate or
speeches - don`t upset gypsies, fat people, black persons, the list goes on
and on. But if all one can ever say is diluted facts or politeness then you have
created simply another form of censorship.
Anyway, so glad David did not have to fight off the attentions of a goofy
puppy.

[andy at handiwork]

What has removing the dog, stupid as it seems, got to do with that lazy meaningless term 'pc'?

[David Johnson]

I think you have got a bit confused here, Frank.

This is how it works

1. Woman (Head of Polo at Cheltenham Girls' College) approaches with a terrier.

2. In an environment in which party leaders avoid meeting the public wherever and whenever possible, this represents a risk.

3. The Cameron adviser recognises this as a risk because the terrier might: take a bite out of Cameron - photo in the press of Cameron looking stupid; shit on Cameron's jacket - photo in the press of Cameron looking stupid; endlessly bark at Cameron - photo in the press of terrier disagreeing with Cameron's policies to help hardworking households and dogs.

4. So what does the Cameron adviser do? They can't say to the Head of Polo "look love we try to stage manage 100% of what goes on at these sessions, so kindly piss off with your dog". Instead the hapless adviser comes up with the catch-all excuse of "the dog is a security issue".

5. This has absolutely nothing at all to do with political correctness but everything to do with political leaders being averse to interacting with the "real people" they bang on about endlessly in their election speeches.