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Article: What does Cameron gain from alliance with extremists?
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 30, 2009
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WELCOME TO the Cam-Kam, the new dance of the European hard right.
Choreographed by William Hague, the new dance-master for the Europe-
hating media and Tory millionaire MPs, the Cam-Kam allows the worst
of 20th-century politics - dislike of Jews, gays, immigrants - to
prance and preen on the European stage.
Named after the alliance between David Cameron and Michal
Kaminski, the Cam-Kam reminds watchers of the worst of ultra-
nationalist politics.
It shows a side of the Tory leader that is far removed from the
Andy Coulson image of the heir to Blair raising politics to a higher
plane.
As a child of the post-1968 liberated and liberal Notting Hill
classes it is impossible to conceive of ...