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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Deborah Summers

David Cameron's champagne moment

It seems champagne-gate – a shot of the Tory leader drinking bubbly – has finally surpassed how much Samantha Cameron spent on her conference wardrobe as a talking point. Guido Fawkes is delighted to take up the bubbly issue, while Paul Waugh suggests the party should set up a new quango to deal with the problem: Off-Quaff.

On the Spectator site, Fraser Nelson, the magazine's editor, explains why he thought offering David Cameron the aforementioned poisoned chalice was the decent thing to do and describes what may have been a failed attempt by a rival organisation to snap George Osborne making the same mistake.

Meanwhile, on Comment Central, Daniel Finkelstein reports a "lovely moment" overheard at yesterday's News International party: "Can you bring frontbencher X a glass of champagne? But put it in a white wine glass."

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