Loving Them Tories.

The Tory Government in Britain appears to be going into freefall. The latest bit of excrement to hit the fan is a credible report that a senior Tory – said to be ‘close to the PM’ – has been a little indiscrete in offering his opinion of Tory activists. In referring to their involvement in the Queen’s Speech debacle, he called them ‘a bunch of mad, swivel-eyed loons.’

For a senior Tory to describe the Tory faithful in such terms is the latest in a line of embarrassments for the Prime Minister, and David Cameron was quick to distance himself from the remark. He claimed that ‘nobody in Number 10’ – which is a fairly obvious fudge, and only lends further credibility to the story – had said such a thing.

I don’t know why he’s denying it. He should be celebrating this bit of Light on the Right. Not only is the phrase ‘mad, swivel-eyed loons’ commendably humorous and incisive in itself, it’s the first sensible thing I’ve heard a Tory say since they came to power three years ago.