Dave the Chameleon, it would appear, is back. Only today he is being compared both to an Easter egg and a style icon.
Charlie Porter of GQ, the men's magazine for the incurably sharp-suited, has declared "Behold! Here's a politician who understands the news agenda is set as much by appearance as it is by words. He impressed our voters with his consistently improved appearance."
Hmm. A bit more to politics than appearance, as I would be happy to demonstrate on most mornings. The appearance of having policies is one thing, but Cameron's Tories don't score too well on that either.
Meanwhile, at the Guardian, the newspaper of record for the less-than-sharp-suited (and bravo for that), one Charlie Brooker is saying:
"David Cameron is an idiot. A simpering, say-anything, dough-faced, preposterous waddling idiot with a feeble, insincere voice ... he appears to consist of little more than a media profile designed to appeal to unthinking snap judgments ... there is nothing to him. He is like a hollow Easter egg with no bag of sweets inside. Cameron will say absolutely anything if he thinks it might get him elected. If a shock poll was published saying 99% of the British public were enthusiastic paedophiles, he would drive through the streets in an open-top bus surrounded by the Mini Pops. He's nothing. He's no one."
Make of these opinions what you will. I know what I think, which tends ever so slightly towards the latter view. But in the end, as Cameron might well be thinking, what possible difference can two Charlies make?
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