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Good Society > Published by Shamik Das, September 2nd 2011 at 12:05 pm

Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare

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David Cameron was grilled over his antics while a member of the Bullingdon Club today, an issue he’s loath to talk about, one which exposes him and Boris Johnson as hypocrites. The prime minister and Mayor of London have been amongst the most outraged by the criminality of those involved in last month’s riots – yet seem to wish to brush under the carpet their own anti-social behaviour while members of the posh boy club.

Interviewed on the Today programme this morning, he repeatedly said “we all do stupid things when we’re young”, feigning amnesia about the nasty club’s thuggery:

Evan Davis: “The Bullingdon Club, that’s a youthful gang, you can almost call it, engages in violent behaviour, do you see any likeness in that to what occured?”

David Cameron: “I think we all do stupid things when we’re young, and we should learn the lessons…”

ED: “Did you witness stuff as a member of that club that was, did you witness people throwing things through windows smashing up restaurants, you didn’t witness any of that?”

DC: “We all do stupid things when we’re young, I think that’s clear but I think we saw in terms of the riots was actually very well organised in many cases, looting and stealing and thieving, and we have to react very, very clearly to that, and I think you can see that happening in the Courts…

“I thought the Mayor of London made a good point which is, I think the way he put it is that people weren’t stealing from a shop because Gerald Kaufman had got a flat screen television on his expenses, and I think when you listen to the BBC there’s a danger that all these things are equated into a great mush and you make that as an excuse for not acting, some people almost say, well until we deal with the problem of inequality in our society there’s nothing you can do to deal with rioting, well that’s what it can slip into.”

ED: “That’s not where I was going, it’s more that people do just get caught up in things and I’m sure you will say that you got caught up in things, and in a sense one doesn’t want to have a moral panic about that section of society necessarily?”

Listen to it:

As the FT reported last year, Cameron knows a lot more than his squirming interview lets on, and came close to being arrested himself after a night of Bullingdon violence which resulted in a restaurant being smashed up. But I suppose, as with the “second chance” granted to Andy Coulson, unlike the rioters, there were extenuating circumstances for these impoverished, poor little rich boys who had everything to go on the rampage…

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  • http://twitter.com/jamesofwalsh/status/109583957296816128 James Walsh

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  • http://twitter.com/kjamesphoto/status/109590365178298368 Kiera James

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  • Gurjinder

    Great article

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  • http://twitter.com/melissa_fix/status/109603731334643713 Melissa Thompson

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  • http://twitter.com/gweirydd/status/109604201931350016 Gweirydd ap Gwyndaf

    The Bullingdon Club just weren't organised enough: http://j.mp/prjCR2 Don't mourn old bean – get organised – oh you did and looted expenses.

  • http://twitter.com/maxmckeown/status/109604345162629121 Max McKeown

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  • http://twitter.com/maxmckeown/status/109604345162629121 Max McKeown

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  • http://twitter.com/greenleftie/status/109604428012724224 Michael Bater

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  • http://twitter.com/mikelesurf/status/109604811250475009 Mike Le-Surf

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  • Selohesra

    Equating rioting including looting & murder with youthfull high-jinks is a bit pathetic – even for you

  • http://twitter.com/swindong/status/109607054678818816 AndyD

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  • http://twitter.com/velvetfox/status/109607161029603328 Stephen Spencer

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  • http://twitter.com/aehere/status/109608003409412096 E. Parkhutik

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  • http://twitter.com/highburyonfoot/status/109608034061398016 Caroline Russell

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  • http://twitter.com/highburyonfoot/status/109608034061398016 Caroline Russell

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  • A Kendal

    Selohesra: “youthfull high-jinks”?

    That’s an interesting euphemism for smashing up someone else’s property.

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  • Robert the crip

    God help us.

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  • http://twitter.com/spitfirepilot1/status/109617973857222656 Chris Horner

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  • http://twitter.com/paulflannery/status/109618619553562624 Paul Flannery

    RT @RenegadeEcon The Bullingdon Club just weren't organised enough: http://j.mp/prjCR2 Don't mourn old bean – (cont) http://t.co/j7taYp3

  • http://twitter.com/simondraper/status/109618949821440000 Simon Draper

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  • http://twitter.com/garimaccoll/status/109619074530676736 Gari MacColl
  • jo13564

    Funny that, if somebody trashes a commercial business and they are poor it’s criminality and they should be punished severly…if it happens to be a bunch of public school kids trashing a commercial business it’s just youthful high jinks and nothing to worry about. Just shows me how two faced our PM is!

  • http://twitter.com/cpozner/status/109619564815466496 Claire Pozner

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  • http://twitter.com/rachelj_smith/status/109620079062286336 Rachel Smith

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  • jo13564

    Oh and shouting down the interviewer to shut him up so he wouldn’t have to answer any embarrassing questions just shows me what a lightweight he really is. Poor show there.

  • http://twitter.com/somerandomhash/status/109620614045777920 Ed Kelly

    RT @SallyBercow Loving this – David Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare. http://j.mp/prjCR2

  • http://twitter.com/trusgnichsilver/status/109620996985716736 tirmit

    RT @somerandomhashRT @SallyBercow Loving this – David Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare. http://j.mp/prjCR2

  • http://twitter.com/benjaminlives/status/109621194336124928 Ben Livingstone

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  • http://twitter.com/cllrmtomlinson/status/109622826377543680 Matthew Tomlinson

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  • http://www.nfnw.net News From Nowhere

    You’ve omitted Cameron denying that he witnessed any criminal behaviour. Presumably he’s in the process of suing the FT for libel. Or not.

  • http://twitter.com/wheatear9/status/109628960370987008 Phil Whittaker

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  • http://twitter.com/celticbhoy67/status/109631803580628992 Owen O’Donnell

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  • Leon Wolfson

    @2 – A couple of murders were done under the cover of the riots. Nobody was dragged out into the street and beaten to death by rioters or similar. You’re simply applying an apologia for rich kids.

    Gee, that word’s getting a real workout lately…

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  • http://twitter.com/june4th/status/109644699677097984 Noxi

    RT @leftfootfwd: Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare: http://t.co/dqOK82c – @ShamikDas reports #ukriots

  • http://twitter.com/tempasfujit/status/109645628115664896 people justice

    well Unlike rioters were not short of money so breaking a shop window? David Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare. http://t.co/aoKabyb"

  • http://plotsplot.blogspot.com Neil Scott

    Good article. I wrote about these bully boys a couple of weeks ago for the Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/neil-scott/these-yobs-are-badly-brou_b_926385.html

  • http://twitter.com/cllrkrichards/status/109652988980772864 Kevin Richards

    "A matter of do what David says, not what David did" – RT @leftfootfwd: Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare http://t.co/l3QjXHQ

  • http://twitter.com/ricardo_london/status/109656198286028802 Ricardo

    Loving this – David Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare. http://t.co/0WFirof

  • http://twitter.com/markpettifer65/status/109657542371708928 mark pettifer

    Loving this – David Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare. http://t.co/0WFirof

  • http://twitter.com/ian_fraser/status/109659214833647616 Ian Fraser

    That @evanhd vs David Cameron spat on @BBCr4today in full http://t.co/KxJk9nb via http://t.co/yo64skA

  • http://twitter.com/veniviedivici/status/109664261411844096 nobby-Lobby

    That @evanhd vs David Cameron spat on @BBCr4today in full http://t.co/KxJk9nb via http://t.co/yo64skA

  • http://twitter.com/frankiertr/status/109675230565371904 Frankie Caldwell MBE

    RT @leftfootfwd: Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare http://t.co/mgZ8kBn < Worthy of a read and even a RT good article!

  • http://twitter.com/bn3163/status/109678330948751361 Bob Nash

    “@SallyBercow: Loving this – David Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare. http://t.co/zAjEEYs”

  • http://twitter.com/lisafarrell3/status/109682732929515520 Lisa Farrell

    Loving this – David Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare. http://t.co/0WFirof

  • http://twitter.com/labour52rose/status/109695781707063296 Alex Braithwaite

    RT @leftfootfwd: Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare http://t.co/9U5slQY

  • http://twitter.com/rmg1o/status/109703952551002112 Ronan George

    Brilliant stuff Left Foot Forward http://t.co/3ZkCv31

  • http://twitter.com/nick_theobald/status/109704092535889920 Nick Theobald

    Loving this – David Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare. http://t.co/0WFirof

  • http://twitter.com/geek_of_geeks/status/109709176275603456 Sir Geekalot

    Loving this – David Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare. http://t.co/0WFirof

  • http://twitter.com/eddyanderson/status/109710773323964416 Eddy Anderson
  • http://twitter.com/woolfiesmith/status/109721260195454976 Citizen K

    Loving this – David Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare. http://t.co/0WFirof

  • http://twitter.com/chewytheleftie/status/109723101163552769 Chris Tindall

    Loving this – David Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare. http://t.co/0WFirof

  • http://twitter.com/oldshuck/status/109732590616977409 Old Shuck

    RT @leftfootfwd: Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare http://t.co/6VR0Iry

  • Charles

    I’ve always been under the impression the Bullingdon club leave a large cheque to pay damages, but we what we do know is they wear what is effectively a uniform.

    I highly doubt they smash up commercial premisses without the owners consent since they are easily identifiable and could be turned away. If they attempted intimidation then they would easily be tracked down by the police or university authorities.

    There really isn’t any comparison to the looters.

  • http://twitter.com/56lynny/status/109744168330473472 Lynn Rawlinson

    Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare: http://t.co/V0yaOaU – @ShamikDas reports

  • http://twitter.com/wildwales/status/109759082109480961 Paul Sivyer

    RT @leftfootfwd: Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare http://t.co/93vX2kf

  • http://twitter.com/kstants/status/109760116043161600 kstants

    Loving this – David Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare. http://t.co/0WFirof

  • http://twitter.com/adapeck/status/109768792715968513 Susan Kennedy

    Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare http://t.co/4KWUfUC via @zite

  • http://twitter.com/mathcook/status/109906962942132224 Kit Jolly

    ♺ @AdaPeck: Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare http://t.co/fLNDzOm via @zite

  • http://twitter.com/trusgnichsilver/status/109907075483709440 tirmit

    RT @mathcook♺ @AdaPeck: Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare http://t.co/r2Uehim via @zite

  • Leslie

    Violence and criminal damage are breaches of the peace are crimanal.Just because these louts can pay for the damage does not cancel the fact the crimes were commited.Its clear that Cameron holds the veiw that you only deserve a second chance if your in his circle of the so called elite.

  • http://twitter.com/norbet/status/109926224725426176 NORBET

    RT @leftfootfwd: Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare http://t.co/7QkHq1x

  • http://twitter.com/realsociology/status/109962335141113857 karl thompson

    Cameron's #Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare http://t.co/9dLpM9l

  • Eddy Boyband

    Those Tory hypocrites who do they think they are ? Of course, you wont find any hypocrites in the labour party.

  • http://twitter.com/smcollinsuk/status/109979187892338688 Shelley Collins

    RT @leftfootfwd: Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare http://t.co/yty4MLS

  • http://twitter.com/williamdclark/status/109996169773584384 william clark

    Loving this – David Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare. http://t.co/0WFirof

  • Ed’s Talking Balls

    The antics of the Bullingdon Club are of much greater concern to the general public than rioting and looting across the UK. You have captured the public mood perfectly, Shamik, all the while retaining a real sense of proportion.

    P.S. Obviously this comment is laced with sarcasm, but I should make it clear (before a very tiresome, predictable response about me excusing rich kids’ behaviour) that I wouldn’t see the funny side of a group of posh boys smashing up my restaurant. It’s an unenviable choice, but I still know which kind of criminal I’d rather fall victim to…

  • Henry

    I love the way the right wingers find all sorts of excuses for the Bullingdon smashing things up. Clearly, it’s quite ok for the feral rich to do this. Jolly japes and all that.

  • Dave Citizen

    We know that there have always been a proportion of young men (and it seems some women too) who are liable to smash things up when some combination or other of boredom, testosterone, adrenalin, alcohol and a good dose of bravado come into close contact. Throw in a sense of injustice or of being ignored and you really have the ingredients for trouble!

    But listen to how Cameron tries to down play the relevance of extreme inequality – of course the riots weren’t ’caused’ by inequality but it seems pretty likely to me that extreme inequality and the sense of diconnection and unfairness that goes with it made them worse.

    “We all do stupid things when we’re young” but if you have good prospects and the sky’s the limit then it’s a lot easier to put them behind you and move on!

  • Leon Wolfson

    Ed – Yes, thanks, you’d rather have the rich than the poor under ANY situation. We know, you’re a Tory. You don’t need to be recursive.

  • http://twitter.com/sumantab/status/110073947034357760 Sumanta Barua

    RT @SallyBercow: Loving this – David Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare. http://t.co/izSX5eb excellent interview by @EvanHD

  • Ed’s Talking Balls

    Prety simple proposition: I’d rather have my restaurant destroyed by jumped-up toffs (who at least pay for the damage and don’t physically harm me) than have my property stolen (and never replaced) and be assaulted by feral youths.

    I’d rather not fall victim to criminals at all, granted, but if I were to be so unfortunate it’s a no-brainer, surely.

  • Dave Citizen

    Ed & Selo – I don’t get this line that one young man smashing stuff up with their mates is somehow fundamentally different to another young man doing likewise. Young people (men mostly) do these things from time to time, especially when they get in with the wrong crowd, are angry with the world etc. You or I may think that they have no excuse but young tearaways have always existed.

    Knowing this – any society that allowed groups of such young people to drift off into a world with no realistic prospect of doing as well as other groups of their contemporaries would be a particularly stupid one.

  • http://twitter.com/misshersii/status/110113178012237824 Miss H

    Because those in charge are hyprocrites! http://t.co/6oXX1uO @jajapdc

  • http://twitter.com/jajapdc/status/110113932760457216 JAJA SOZE

    Because those in charge are hyprocrites! http://t.co/6oXX1uO @jajapdc

  • http://twitter.com/thekonvict/status/110114444884983808 Kon The Abstract

    RT @MissHersii: Because those in charge are hyprocrites! http://t.co/eNgknyk @jajapdc <<< That's A Crazy Article Still Uno

  • Ed’s Talking Balls

    ‘I don’t get this line that one young man smashing stuff up with their mates is somehow fundamentally different to another young man doing likewise’

    To be fair Dave, that’s not what I said (or at least, it honestly wasn’t what I was trying to say). I should have known I’d be on a hiding to nothing, but all I was trying to say is that:

    1) Bullingdon criminality and the recent riots and looting are not comparable in seriousness; all they share is the common theme of law breaking (which I wouldn’t seek to deny); and

    2) If I were to have my premises smashed up, I would rather it were done by people who pay for the damage caused and don’t assault me in the process.

  • http://twitter.com/dowhanson/status/110329926577684480 Darren Hanson

    Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare: http://t.co/V0yaOaU – @ShamikDas reports

  • http://twitter.com/londoniww/status/110336849255469056 London IWW

    FYI: #londonriots: Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare http://t.co/paLnu3u

  • Dave Citizen

    Fair enough Ed – but I was suggesting that, while perhaps not comparable in seriousness if the worst of the riots is considered, they are very much comparable in terms of behaviour. I reckon if you took the lads from the Bullingdon gang and gave them a few years growing up in the right part of Tottenham you may well find it impossible to spot any difference.

  • Leon Wolfson

    @17 – You argued in the West Farm thread that the law should be applied, regardless. Your double standards here are notable. Because they’re rich and Tory, not poor and Pavee.

    Of course they’re entirely comparable – overlooking one and condemning the other is the kind of hypocrisy which the Tories *specialise* in. Moreover, “assualt you”, right. A straw man to justify crime.

  • http://twitter.com/busdriver81/status/110418529739747328 bus driver

    Loving this – David Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare. http://t.co/0WFirof

  • Ed’s Talking Balls

    Probably best to read a comment before responding to it.

    I’ve not sought to justify criminal behaviour. I’m not overlooking one and condemning the other. No hypocrisy whatsoever in my position. I prefer to leave that to the professionals, like Polly Toynbee.

    I merely stated (and now state again, for what feels like the umpteenth time) that if I were to be a victim of crime, I would rather that the criminal paid for the damage caused and didn’t physically harm me.

    And as for comparisons, yes, crimes can be compared. But a comparison in terms of scale is a non-starter. Without figures to hand, I’m still confident in guessing that there have been fewer instances of Bullingdon destruction of property this year than there were instances of rioting and looting last month. Probably fewer related deaths too, I imagine.

  • Dave Citizen

    Ed – sounds like you agree with me that the differences in the crimes are not down to the any great differences in the individuals concerned. It would be interesting to swop some budding Bullingdons with a few rioters in the making and see if, given time, either lot stood out as particularly unusual for their new environment. Somehow I doubt it.

  • Ed’s Talking Balls

    I’m inclined to agree Dave. A yob is a yob, irrespective of how wealthy his family is

  • http://twitter.com/lydiapaynter/status/110488873125163008 Lydia Paynter

    “@SallyBercow: Loving this – David Cameron’s Bullingdon hypocrisy laid bare. http://t.co/Vw0R7DK” most stupid thing that i have ever read.

  • Leon Wolfson

    @22 – Yes, so why haven’t you?

    The physical harm aspect is something you’ve made up to justify your blatant special pleading for TORY criminals, and shows precisely how you’re willing to lie and cheat to excuse them. That nicely highlights where you come from on this.

    And sure, you agree they’re yob’s. But you only support arresting the poor ones. Got it.

  • Anon E Mouse

    Leon Wolfson – Are you seriously suggesting that unacceptable behaviour by a bunch of rowdy ill disciplined school children where the damage was paid for is the same as burning people out of their homes and businesses?

    Or are mown down and killed by feral gangs in Birmingham>

    To suggest it is the same and compare the two where one is damaged property and the other is a dead asian is just a racist attitude and if you really believe that a mans life is only worth that then you are well suited to the Labour Party….

  • Leon Wolfson

    Anon E Mouse – You’re suggesting that crime is dependent on how wealthy people I, I get it.

    And you’re well suited to the BNP. Right.

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