David Cameron’s mother has spoken out against cuts - will her son finally listen? | Patrick Butler
by Patrick Butler from on (#13GM5)
Mary Cameron has signed a petition against the closure of children's services in Oxfordshire. The austerity programme is set to lead to rebellion by rural Tories
The prime minister's mother, Mary Cameron, has signed a petition against the planned closure of children's services in Oxfordshire, the Tory-run council that covers her son David's Witney constituency. There is a delicious piquancy to her act of rebellion - cue Twitter fantasies that her wayward son faces a maternal dressing down over Sure Start cuts, and might even be sent to the "naughty step".
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