CAMERON GOING DOWN THE TUBE; Brown races 25 points ahead in polls.Byline: By OONAGH BLACKMAN Political Editor GORDON Brown works on a speech while travelling on a busy Tube - an image that sums up why he is trouncing the PR-obsessed David Cameron  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. in
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The photo captured Britain's next Prime Minister deep in thought minutes after he abandoned his car in traffic and hopped on a train to ensure he reached the Commons in time. It is in sharp contrast to a carefully contrived PR photo of Mr Cameron reading a novel in a suspiciously empty Underground carriage that desperately tried to portray him as a man of the people A Man of the People is a 1966 satirical novel by Chinua Achebe. It is Achebe's fourth novel. The novel tells the story of the young and educated Odili, the narrator, and his conflict with Chief Nanga, his former teacher who enters a career in politics in modern Nigeria. . But it is should be no surprise that Mr Cameron had gone down the Tube - because a weekend poll showed that's where his dream of winning the next election is heading. The ICM ICM Intercom ICM Integrated Crop Management ICM International Congress of Mathematicians ICM Information Classification and Management ICM Intelligent Contact Management (Cisco) ICM International Creative Management survey asked voters who was the most competent leader - and they put Mr Cameron a daunting 25 points behind the Chancellor. The Old Etonian also trailed Mr Brown on the question of who was the stronger leader - falling 20 points behind. The poll also showed Mr Cameron is behind Mr Brown on issues such as terrorism, tax and the economy. The blows came at the end of Mr Cameron's worst fortnight since he took over as Tory leader. Civil war has erupted in his party over his controversial announcement that the Tories will no longer support the building of new grammar schools. It sparked a revolt among MPs and dismayed grassroots supporters. And Mr Cameron was forced into an embarrassing policy U-turn - with education spokesman David Willetts For the West End actor, see . David Linsay Willetts (born March 9, 1956) is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Havant, in the United Kingdom. He is currently the Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills. announcing that in some areas new grammars could be built in future. And there was more misery last night as a monthly survey of grassroots Tories suggested the grammar school fiasco has badly damaged Mr Cameron's standing. It showed 61 per cent were satisfied with him, down from 74 per cent in April. Almost four in 10 Tories are now disastisfied with him compared to just 25 per cent in April. Yesterday, Mr Cameron said he will not budge on a return to the 11-plus selection system. He said: "If we allow ourselves to be marooned on the wrong side of social and cultural change, the result is irrelevance ir·rel·e·vance n. 1. The quality or state of being unrelated to a matter being considered. 2. Something unrelated to a matter being considered. Noun 1. and opposition." VOICE OF THE MIRROR: SEE PAGE 10 o.blackman@mirror.co.uk CAPTION(S): STUNT: Cameron reads on train; THE REAL DEAL: Gordon Brown working on Tube Picture: TOMSTODDART/GETTY |
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