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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Deborah Summers, politics editor

Radio row: What could David Cameron have said to redeem himself?

David Cameron visiting Carterton, Oxon, Britain - 16 Apr 2009
The Conservative leader, David Cameron, visits the Helen and Douglas House Shop, in Oxfordshire, to buy books for his children. Photograph: David Hartley/Rex Features

The long parliamentary summer recess may have begun, but David Cameron's four-letter slip on Absolute (ly not Vodka) Radio this week provided 100% proof that you can't switch off from being a politician just because you're not at the dispatch box.

Some say the Tory chief didn't know the true meaning of the t-word when he joked that "too many twits might make a twat" in answer to a question about why he does not use the social networking website Twitter.

Others suggest that, combined with his use of the phrase "pissed off" to convey the public's anger with politicians over the expenses scandal, it was just a childish attempt to appear down with the kids.

So what better way to redeem himself than by going straight back to kindergarten for a quick refresher class on minding his ps and qs? Add your suggested captions below.

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