The architect of austerity has a new Farrow & Ball chillax cave. Good for him | Suzanne Moore
There he sits, flaunting his newly acquired curves. The curves of his new shed. Not any old shed. David Cameron has, of course, acquired a shepherd's hut for 25,000. I have no idea if a shepherd comes installed or you have to pay extra. The hut has been decorated by Sam Cam in the Farrow & Ball colours of Clunch, Rat's Arse and Obviously White because posh people can only use Farrow & Ball - they're afraid of colour so find the Traditional Neutrals range just scrummy. Cameron needs a writing room as he presumably doesn't have enough space in either of his houses. Sheds are now trendy. Man caves. Offices. Spare rooms. Who could begrudge a man a shed?
Well, me, obviously. This is the man who decided to become prime minister for a while simply because he could. His government deliberately targeted some of the poorest people in the country in the name of paying off debts that they blamed on the previous government rather than the actions of their banker mates. Cameron also called a referendum on the EU, assuming he would win it easily, like everything else in his life. Now we are living with the consequences of that while he cogitates in a fake folksy "hut" in the Cotswolds.
Theresa May doesn't do the 'I feel your pain' thing, while Cameron did masquerade a bovine empathy on occasion
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