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An open letter to UK PM Cameron's parents

We all know that the UK PM, David Cameron, is Eton educated and the leader of the Conservative Party. It is therefore hardly surprising that Cameron is now railing against those lawless people of the lower classes as the people behind those ugly riots in London and beyond. Forget about the fact that there are sizeable numbers of the UK population who are unemployed, behind the eight ball economically and with little hope for the future.

Step up Nathaniel Tapley - blogger, whose blog bears the tag "Where comedy meets writing. And they don't really get on..." - who has written a very much tongue-in-cheek open letter to the PM's parents.

"Dear Mr & Mrs Cameron,

Why did you never take the time to teach your child basic morality?

As a young man, he was in a gang that regularly smashed up private property. We know that you were absent parents who left your child to be brought up by a school rather than taking responsibility for his behaviour yourselves. The fact that he became a delinquent with no sense of respect for the property of others can only reflect that fact that you are terrible, lazy human beings who failed even in teaching your children the difference between right and wrong. I can only assume that his contempt for the small business owners of Oxford is indicative of his wider values.

Even worse, your neglect led him to fall in with a bad crowd. He became best friends with a young man who set fire to buildings for fun. And others:

There’s Michael Gove, whose wet-lipped rage was palpable on Newsnight last night. This is the Michael Gove who confused one of his houses with another of his houses in order to avail himself of £7,000 of the taxpayers’ money to which he was not entitled (or £13,000, depending on which house you think was which).

Or Hazel Blears, who was interviewed in full bristling peahen mode for almost all of last night. She once forgot which house she lived in, and benefited to the tune of £18,000. At the time she said it would take her reputation years to recover. Unfortunately not.

But, of course, this is different. This is just understandable confusion over the rules of how many houses you are meant to have as an MP. This doesn’t show the naked greed of people stealing plasma tellies."

Continue reading the letter here.


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