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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Sparrow

David Cameron 'would rather read Guardian than talk to cabinet colleague'

Britain's Conservative Party leader Cameron travels on the tube after a news conference in London
Photograph: Kevin Coombs/Reuters

Thanks to cybernet (whoever you are) for pointing out this on Labour MP Tom Harris's blog. Harris's comment is barbed. "So desperately did Dave want to avoid talking to shadow chief secretary [to the Treasury] Philip Hammond during a tube journey yesterday, he even pretended to read a copy of the Guardian!" But I think he's being uncharitable. All sensible people like reading the Guardian on the tube.

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