Man of the People 2

Oh dear, Ed. So short a time after Dave shot himself in the foot trying to be faux poor by jetting off to Spain on RyanAir, you have fallen into the same trap: being interviewed on a train and hoping no-one would notice you are in a first class carriage because the head rest cover had been removed. Stupid! You are the leader of the Opposition, for God's sake! People expect you to have a bit of clout, a bit of heft, a bit of (1st) class! I can think of any number of reasons why you might travel first class -space to work, security issues, hating the smell of the great unwashed - but don't try to pretend you were travelling econoclass: you will be found out and you will look all the smaller for it. Now, get back to kicking Dave'n'Nick's butt.

Man of the people

There can be fewer depressing sights than a politician trying to get down with the 'real' people. Photo opportunities involving pints of beer, cups of tea, fast food or any other perceived preoccupation of the man in the street are legion. In every one of them, the politician looks uncomfortable and desperate to run for the shower to wash away the stench of normality.

Dave and Sam took this to a whole new level of idiocy this week, flying Ryanair from Stansted to Spain. What was this supposed to prove - that we really are all in it together? Travelling alongside us plebs on Ripoffair does not make you real, normal or in tune with the working man. Dave - you are well off. Don't pretend you are not. It is patronising and insulting. Stop pretending that posing as Joe Schmoe will make you sympatico with the people that you are currently screwing. You look unhappy, Sam looks even unhappier and we can see you are proving nothing. Please get back to being the toff we all know you are.