The leader of the Conservative Party was forced to apologise yesterday morning after swearing twice during a live radio interview.
In an apparent bid to prove that he was not out of touch, David Cameron appeared on the Christian O’Connell show on Absolute Radio to discuss his life outside Westminster. He turned his satirical fire on the latest internet craze, revealing that he was not on Twitter.
"Politicians do have to think about what they say," said Mr Cameron. “The trouble with Twitter, the instantness [sic] of it, is I think that too many twits might make a twat.” Laughter echoed round the studio at Mr Cameron's witticism, and the spluttering host replied: “I think that’s fantastic.”
The man expected to become Britain’s next Prime Minister proceeded to demonstrate for a second time that regrettable remarks were not confined to social networking tools, by repeating his error and swearing again.
He told thousands of breakfast show listeners: “The public are rightly, I think, pissed off - sorry, I can’t say that in the morning - angry with politicians.”
After the interview at Absolute, formerly Virgin Radio, his public relations advisors were scrambled to argue that “twat”, a vulgar synonym for the human vagina, was not technically defined as a swear word under radio guidelines.
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