26th July, 2012, 3:38 pm David Cameron wins the gold medal for Olympics hypocrisy Mark Ferguson Share this article: David Cameron on Gordon Brown in 2008: “He has the Olympic torch in Downing Street but won’t touch it…If dithering was an Olympic sport, he would have a gold medal.” David Cameron in 2012: “Politicians aren’t allowed to touch it, quite rightly, the torch is about the people and the athletes.” Hypocrite. Tags: David Cameron / Olympics / Mark Ferguson Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015. View all articles by Mark Ferguson Subscribe to our daily email More from LabourList Comment ‘To defeat Reform, Labour must re-root itself into its working class base’ Note: Between this article being produced and its publication, one of the co-authors, John Mills, sadly passed away.… Brendan Chilton & John Mills 11th April, 2025, 3:51 pm Comment ‘Give mayors more power to tackle economic challenges in their regions’ Last week I attended the Creative Industries taskforce in London. It was assembled by government to develop a… Tracy Brabin 10th April, 2025, 3:03 pm News New MP in spat with NEC member over planning reforms and ‘harm to nature’ A Labour MP has sparked a row on social media after outlining his plans to propose an amendment… Daniel Green 10th April, 2025, 12:05 pm
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