A very brave Tory
At the NHStogether lobby today, where health professional union members were gathering to give their MPs a co-ordinated earbashing on NHS matters such as deficits, privatisation and consultation on change.
Wandering around with his dinky camcorder was none other than toryboy2.0 Sam Roake, trying to get vox pop interviews with health professionals for webcameron. He was being quite philosophical that nearly all the people he approached declined his offer of lasting fame, with quite a few of them declining in terms which I’m far too modest to print on this blog.
Anyway, you can see his results on webcameron here. His perseverence eventually paid off and he got a few interviewees. Well spin-doctored by calling it a protest and mixing it with shots of the Socialist Party’s “Sack Blair” march (claiming thousands of marchers - possibly the first time I’ve seen the Tories overestimate a leftie demo). Anyway, I reckon he deserves two cheers at least for being brave enough to venture into the unions’ den without cricket pads.
I wonder how the conversation went?
Dave: So, hey, looks like Blair’s going to get a kicking at the union lobby today, maybe we should get in on that.
Sam: But Dave, won’t they bite us and beat us with their whimsical folk-art banners as soon as we step in the door? At very least we’d probably catch MRSA or something.
Dave: A risk, certainly, but if we’re going to foster a new, mature and open approach to politics, we surely need to ‘be the change’ and reach out to everyone, no? A little personal danger is a very small price to pay for that.
Sam: Gosh, that’s very true. Maybe we could try to find out what they actually want then - Get some interviews with some real people - represent their concerns in a way that the news bulletins will just gloss over.
Dave: Yes, yes, and then trim out all the bits about extra funding under Labour and how bad we used to be and all that.
Sam: Er, okay. So shall I call us a cab?
Dave: Hmm… Actually, why don’t you go and just fill in for me? I’d love to, really, but these dishes aren’t going to wash themselves you know…
Tags: David Cameron, Demos, NHS, Sam Roake, Toryboy2.0, Webcameron
