This summer’s silly season hasn’t been very silly so far. Fortunately, David Cameron is here to change all that, albeit unwittingly: his decision to take an easyJet flight and munch on a small pack of Pringles was filmed by a thrilled fellow passenger.
Ashleigh, 17, tweeted: “The prime minister was three seats away from me eating Paprika Pringles. Help me.” Help us all, Ashleigh.
David Cameron eats Pringles and flies economy. Here's the proof http://t.co/3UD1Cz0O4T pic.twitter.com/7Xqbmc8Tgo
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) August 18, 2015
Labour is embroiled in a leadership campaign that is threatening to have existential implications. The Department for Work and Pensions has been inventing quotes from supposed benefit claimants delighting in their made-up experience of the welfare system for its leaflets. But Cameron has eaten some crisps on a budget airline. This must be what it is like to be famous for having a life of privilege: when you do something ordinary, it is remarkable.
Reports suggest the Pringles were paprika flavoured. No doubt delighted with the media attention her tweet received, Ashleigh has since made her account private, changing her Twitter biography to a pithy: “YES IM THE ONE WHO FILMED DAVID CAMERON EATING PRINGLES GOODBYE.”
Other Twitter users were quick to use wit, sarcasm and basic ennui to comment on her revelation. Guardian reporter Josh Halliday had his tweet featured on the BBC news website. Sorry Josh, we’re using it here too.
Paprika Pringles ☑️ Easyjet flight ☑️ Algarve holiday ☑️ Dave's 'Man of the People' game is STRONG: http://t.co/V9JdrAbULP
— Josh Halliday (@JoshHalliday) August 18, 2015
David Cameron has been here before, and by here, we mean been spotted eating reassuringly normal things. There was the time he went to Nando’s and the time he ate a hot dog, albeit with a knife and fork. Or scraping the barrel yet further, the time he reminisced about the time he ate a pasty at Leeds railway station.
