[T]he Tory leader seems convinced that he grew up in the 1990s. At the launch of his manifesto for older people yesterday he reminisced about his childhood, claiming the idea of the big society came from his parents. “My mother was a magistrate. She used to come home and tell us all stories about the Newbury bypass protesters and Swampy up his tree.” At the height of the protests Cameron was 30 years old. And, apparently, still living with his parents.
The Guardian’s Election Diary, referencing this guy and the protests near Fairmile in the mid-90s, when Cameron was in his late 20s.
This is the kind of fact-checking I love reading, to be honest. Fake memories to provide a nice soundbite, and nobody ever remembers that they were proved false. Channel 4’s Factcheck blog does a similarly good job for some of the bigger pronouncements, especially last week’s debate. Have a read.
