What Obama really thinks about Cameron (and Blair and Brown)

“Tony Blair: Sizzle and substance. Gordon Brown: Substance. David Cameron: Sizzle.”

Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015.

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