In public his language is crafted, his words carefully chosen and his statements checked for inadvertent offence. In private, though, David Cameron is said not to be averse to the odd bit of “Anglo-Saxon vernacular”. Or, to put it another way, he can swear like a trooper.
Yesterday it emerged that on top of allegedly referring to the Government’s environmental commitments as “green crap”, he has also taken a colourful swipe at his Liberal Democrat deputy Nick Clegg.
Mr Cameron is said to have jokingly referred to Mr Clegg as an “idle f***er” – teasing him for enjoying a meal with his wife while he was drumming up trade on a trip to India and the Middle East. » | Whitehall Editor | Friday, November 22, 2013
