The Sun sets on Dave
- 5 Nov 06, 09:19 PM
The biggest untold story of the past week has been the SUN setting on Dave Cameron. First they accused him of bring a traitor and for his decision to back the call for an inquiry into the Iraq war. Then "love a lout" speech (that, incidentally, not a phrase that passed his lips). Next Saturday's paper carried "David Cameron has stumbled from one disaster to another in his week of woe". His decision to challenge the Speaker's ruling was his last alleged error. Could it just have something to do with the fact that Rupert Murdoch's been in town?
I have never been one of those who thought it was "The Sun wot won it". No newspaper's editorials are that important. BUT if the nation's biggest selling daily and its sister paper - the News of the World - now start to deride David Cameron and what he stands for that will prove to be profoundly significant.
It will also be Cameron's first test. William Hague and Iain Duncan Smith were turned on by the once Tory press. In response, they turned. How will Dave react?
