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David Cameron enjoys time off in Wimborne
8:37am Sunday 25th November 2012 in News By Alex Winter
David Cameron enjoys time off in Wimborne
PRIME Minister David Cameron left diners at the Tickled Pig in Wimborne gobsmacked after he popped in for a surprise visit at the weekend.
The PM, who is believed to have been on a casual visit to Dorset with wife Samantha, arrived with six children, but didn’t try any of the delicious food on offer at the eatery.
However, he told proprietor Jez Barfoot that a friend had tried the food at the restaurant and was impressed at its quality.
Mr Barfoot said: “It was pretty scary when he walked in.
“He just wandered in with about six kids, and his wife and all the children went upstairs.T
he Prime Minister then left for about 20 minutes and came back with a security team. They were all there together upstairs for about 20 minutes after that.”
Mr Cameron told Mr Barfoot that the food looked delicious during his visit.
“When we walked in, there was complete silence,” said the restaurateur.
“Everyone was gobsmacked. Everyone was just thinking, ‘That’s the Prime Minister – he’s at the Tickled Pig’. I can’t imagine he goes out like that often. He looked very busy, but we hope that maybe he’ll come back one day for dinner.”
The PM also made a visit to travel clothing specialist Rohan, Gullivers Bookshop, and children’s giftshop Beebop and Loola on his visit.
In the children’s shop, he even posed for a photo with owner Katrina Palmer and shop assistant Maya Daniels.
Mrs Palmer said: “He bought a collection of different items, and seemed to be on a visit with a friend.”
The Prime Minister, who visited Waitrose was also spotted in Poole later in the afternoon.
Comments(43)
Forest_Nymph
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8:58am Sun 25 Nov 12
the parsons nose
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9:03am Sun 25 Nov 12
how can you praise food youve never tasted , ive seen delicious looking food i wouldnt feed to my dog ,if i had one
AndyAFCB
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9:10am Sun 25 Nov 12
the parsons nose
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9:13am Sun 25 Nov 12
AndyAFCB wrote:thats the words i was looking for ,!
Go back to London, you odious toad.
mansak_hunt
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9:20am Sun 25 Nov 12
AndyAFCB wrote:seconded
Go back to London, you odious toad.
devilstail
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10:12am Sun 25 Nov 12
Oh no it is just insults from the pitchfork mentality residents of Dorset!
moorsman70
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10:25am Sun 25 Nov 12
Telscombe Cliffy
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10:53am Sun 25 Nov 12
devilstail wrote:Well said ,and don't forget the corn dollies, witch burning and car boot sales.
Such intellectual and well reasoned debate again in the comments section of the Daily Echo site.
Oh no it is just insults from the pitchfork mentality residents of Dorset!
John T
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11:17am Sun 25 Nov 12
Duckorange wrote:He wasn't drinking on this occasion and his friend wasn't in the Bullingdon Club.
"arrived with six children"
How many did he leave with?
John T
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11:17am Sun 25 Nov 12
Duckorange wrote:He wasn't drinking on this occasion and his friend wasn't in the Bullingdon Club.
"arrived with six children"
How many did he leave with?
shifty035
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11:22am Sun 25 Nov 12
Phixer
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11:56am Sun 25 Nov 12
shifty035 wrote:I see that my tax money has been wisely spent on education!
u bunch of sad people do u think it would be any different if any other party was in....... let us not 4get who put us in this mess ............rite now u brain idiots have thought maybe u r better off thinking b4 u open ur mouths but with everyone on here u dont god stop moaning accept the way things are and move on we like every other place in the world are in a mess wake up and smell the roses hey
And to think that I have to rely on people like this to earn to pay my pension.
madras
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12:16pm Sun 25 Nov 12
Forest_Nymph wrote:I think you need to go back and check your sums!
I wonder who the other two children were? I thought he only had three (plus one who sadly died) ?
live-and-let-live
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12:22pm Sun 25 Nov 12
devilstail wrote:i was thinking exactly the same.
Such intellectual and well reasoned debate again in the comments section of the Daily Echo site. Oh no it is just insults from the pitchfork mentality residents of Dorset!
davecook
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12:23pm Sun 25 Nov 12
the parsons nose
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12:39pm Sun 25 Nov 12
davecook wrote:throw away the rose tinted specs the worst is yet to come ,you might change your mind when this slug has had your house and job - some legacy hes going to pass on , i for one didnt overspend ,didnt fiddle my expenses am definately not overpaid and i pay all my taxes ,i'd rather a party that leaves some money in my pocket,i dont care if the counrty is skint i wasnt part of making it that way
Well, I for one would have liked to meet him and thanked him for not selling us down the river over the EU budget. Being a taxpayer and not being on benefits (and judging from some of the comments so far, probably one of the last ones left in Dorset), I need DC in long term, and preferably without any woolly leftie liberal "help" so we can try to get this country back on it's feet after it was bought to it's knees by the last Labour government who borrowed to spend wildly as if the boom would never end (Brown did actually say he had got rid of boom and bust), but left us in an endless bust. No we have someone who would like to sort it out, the only thanks he gets is endless gripes from worthless rubbish who either a) want this country to fail, or b) want the unemployment to stay high so they can sit back on benefits and never work, or c) stop anything successful going through so they can get back a worthless Labour government into power, or d) do what they can to protect their council jobs as they are frightened of doing a proper days work out in private industry. Take your pick.
fartycat
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12:47pm Sun 25 Nov 12
Perhaps you'd like to read this;
http://www.huffingto
npost.co.uk/ramesh-p
atel/growth-cameron-
austerity_b_2007552.
html?utm_hp_ref=tw
It's written by a Tory. Now I know it has a few long words and lots of economics embedded in the article but if you take it slowly I'm sure you'll understand it without your head exploding.
Up until 2008 national debt fell under Labour. Up until 2008 the deficit fell under Labour.
It is Cameron and his Eton college mates that are deliberately depressing the economy to justify what they really want; a smaller state and lower taxes except they are not brave enough to have THAT debate, instead they just blame it on the last lot.
davecook
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1:12pm Sun 25 Nov 12
djkent
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1:25pm Sun 25 Nov 12
fishcarp
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1:51pm Sun 25 Nov 12
the parsons nose
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2:35pm Sun 25 Nov 12
davecook wrote:lower taxes ? never known it ,never will . you sure are under some illusion .at some point interest rates have got to rise to promote investment then you'll see the truth ,those on the edge as a result of austerity measures will just tip instantly .
Sorry mate. If you do not want lower taxes, you, and people like you, are the problem in this country. Smaller state, lower taxes. That's what I want, and any other person who is self employed. Higher taxes and bigger state, that sounds like someone who falls straight into one or more of my points above.
you are not a banker , nor am i , why are we picking up the tab and accepting that we has to bear our share of their debt .? theres too much money in the black economy due to drugs which can only be killed off by legalising and taxing the vast incomes generated , it should not be for governments to dictate peoples lifestyles , vast amounts of money are wasted chasing a few ounces of weed . we are also fighting wars that are no threat to us and we have no need to be in just because we want the petro-dollar . it simply is not down to a labour government alone , they are all the same but wheres the benefit in squeezing businesses and individuals untill they pop ?
austerity has stopped the world trading and manufacturing has stalled and when a manufacturer is set up for volume its that or pull the shutters down and if you can earn just as much as a one man ban its just as easy to pull the shutters and dump the stress
it all very well for Cameron he never has to open a brown envelope and think 'how an i going to pay that ' !
you need a reality check
the parsons nose
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3:42pm Sun 25 Nov 12
devilstail wrote:so whats your contribution then Confusious ? bathe us in words of wisdom , we cant wait to see your views , but of course that wont happen, you just object for the sake of it without knowing why ?
Such intellectual and well reasoned debate again in the comments section of the Daily Echo site.
Oh no it is just insults from the pitchfork mentality residents of Dorset!
Jon1
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7:51pm Sun 25 Nov 12
dvdr
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8:07pm Sun 25 Nov 12
I am of the firm opinion that no publicity for politicians is the best policy, except as described below.
Too often, they lie, they cheat, they make promises they do not intend to keep or make no effort to do so (once elected), they swan off to make money elsewhere while ignoring their constituents, and still want to keep their salary, and if only we could do without them we would be better off.
If there was to be any publicity at all for them, it should be absolute and complete public disclosure of all their financial affairs. After all, they offered to be elected, and were not forced into it! We are stuck with them, for too long at a time.
fartycat
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8:36pm Sun 25 Nov 12
davecook wrote:I am self-employed! Some of my work is for the public sector, some for the private and I can tell you that the private contracts are often the ones stuffed with bureaucracy, form filling, health and safety nonsense and a total waste of resources.
Sorry mate. If you do not want lower taxes, you, and people like you, are the problem in this country. Smaller state, lower taxes. That's what I want, and any other person who is self employed. Higher taxes and bigger state, that sounds like someone who falls straight into one or more of my points above.
I'm proud to pay my taxes and I'm proud that we live in a country with a state that is set up to help people less fortunate than myself. I suggest you go move to Texas or somewhere equally reactionary. you won't be missed.
BIGTONE
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10:11pm Sun 25 Nov 12
Posh boys in Dorset.
He's looking for a bolt hole in sandbanks I recon.
sea poole
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10:16pm Sun 25 Nov 12
JackJohnson
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8:06am Mon 26 Nov 12
"This is bizarre. He and his family were on a 'casual visit', so they walked into an eatery, then left, then came back with security and stayed 20 mins. What for?"
My partner and I were upstairs in The Tickled Pig so did observe some of the coming and going. I suspect they just wanted somewhere to get out of the rain.
"They still didn't eat anything!"
No - they didn't. In most restaurants, at lunch time, I'd regard that as very bad behaviour. However, the town (and the restaurant) were very quiet so what little they bought - assuming they paid for it - would have been welcome.
"Maybe he was waiting in vain for a waitress to appear"
Actually, the staff/owners were very attentive to their few customers (certainly those upstairs) without being overpowering. This was our first visit to The Tickled Pig and we were pleased by the level of service.
"or maybe it was just a 'meet the public' visit and not a casual day out after all."
It was, most definitely, a casual time while upstairs in The Tickled Pig. So casual that the kids were able to make the restaurant sound like a McDonalds (with ball pit). No effort was made to speak to anyone at the other occupied tables upstairs. That was probably just as well. My partner and I would have had some choice words for them over jobs/job creation, Tory treatment of the NHS, lack of democracy over Europe, MPs expenses/jollies, immigration etc etc etc.
uvox44
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10:25am Mon 26 Nov 12
JackJohnson
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11:13am Mon 26 Nov 12
Ste-V-e
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11:37am Mon 26 Nov 12
uvox44 wrote:If you emerge from your 1970's party-aligned politics you'll realise that taxes have actually increased on the high earners at a much higher proportion than low earners since 2010. Moreso than during the Labour reign! The Lib Dems have also introduced a fantastic no tax rate for low earners i.e. so that somebody like myself (who earns 7,500 a year for 50 hours a week work) can afford to get my work out in the countryside. So it is not rick folk protecting themselves. Every party has meaningless lines like 'we're all in it together'. The tories are more business-minded as a party this is true, but I really cannot stress how much foreign investment in the UK makes a difference. Also, ever heard of the 'revolving door syndrome'? Look it up, it basically means politicians can't do just as you've described with going on to be consultants within years after being a politician. Tax avoidance is not a new thing, the government are cracking down on it now, but it's impossible to reverse a tax law system which has had loopholes engrained into it for years and years.
I was in Wimborne briefly on Saturday , glad I didn't see the obnoxious toad, as I would probably been arrested for expressing what I think of him and the rest of his Robin- (or should that be Robbing?) Hood- in-reverse govt.We are all in it together - if anyone still believes that then i suggest they need to know that the word gullible has been taken out of the latest dictionaries! The Tory party is about making money for themselves and their rich business friends, once they finish making money for themselves in Politics then they leave and make even more money as "consultants" and directors of big corporations that they helped while in power - the really sick thing is the way they take away from the poorest whilst letting big corporations such as Starbucks, Vodafone and the banks get away with massive tax aviodance - still as the Jam once sang in "Going Underground"- the public gets what the public wants...
Ste-V-e
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11:37am Mon 26 Nov 12
uvox44 wrote:If you emerge from your 1970's party-aligned politics you'll realise that taxes have actually increased on the high earners at a much higher proportion than low earners since 2010. Moreso than during the Labour reign! The Lib Dems have also introduced a fantastic no tax rate for low earners i.e. so that somebody like myself (who earns 7,500 a year for 50 hours a week work) can afford to get my work out in the countryside. So it is not rick folk protecting themselves. Every party has meaningless lines like 'we're all in it together'. The tories are more business-minded as a party this is true, but I really cannot stress how much foreign investment in the UK makes a difference. Also, ever heard of the 'revolving door syndrome'? Look it up, it basically means politicians can't do just as you've described with going on to be consultants within years after being a politician. Tax avoidance is not a new thing, the government are cracking down on it now, but it's impossible to reverse a tax law system which has had loopholes engrained into it for years and years.
I was in Wimborne briefly on Saturday , glad I didn't see the obnoxious toad, as I would probably been arrested for expressing what I think of him and the rest of his Robin- (or should that be Robbing?) Hood- in-reverse govt.We are all in it together - if anyone still believes that then i suggest they need to know that the word gullible has been taken out of the latest dictionaries! The Tory party is about making money for themselves and their rich business friends, once they finish making money for themselves in Politics then they leave and make even more money as "consultants" and directors of big corporations that they helped while in power - the really sick thing is the way they take away from the poorest whilst letting big corporations such as Starbucks, Vodafone and the banks get away with massive tax aviodance - still as the Jam once sang in "Going Underground"- the public gets what the public wants...
Ste-V-e
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11:37am Mon 26 Nov 12
uvox44 wrote:If you emerge from your 1970's party-aligned politics you'll realise that taxes have actually increased on the high earners at a much higher proportion than low earners since 2010. Moreso than during the Labour reign! The Lib Dems have also introduced a fantastic no tax rate for low earners i.e. so that somebody like myself (who earns 7,500 a year for 50 hours a week work) can afford to get my work out in the countryside. So it is not rick folk protecting themselves. Every party has meaningless lines like 'we're all in it together'. The tories are more business-minded as a party this is true, but I really cannot stress how much foreign investment in the UK makes a difference. Also, ever heard of the 'revolving door syndrome'? Look it up, it basically means politicians can't do just as you've described with going on to be consultants within years after being a politician. Tax avoidance is not a new thing, the government are cracking down on it now, but it's impossible to reverse a tax law system which has had loopholes engrained into it for years and years.
I was in Wimborne briefly on Saturday , glad I didn't see the obnoxious toad, as I would probably been arrested for expressing what I think of him and the rest of his Robin- (or should that be Robbing?) Hood- in-reverse govt.We are all in it together - if anyone still believes that then i suggest they need to know that the word gullible has been taken out of the latest dictionaries! The Tory party is about making money for themselves and their rich business friends, once they finish making money for themselves in Politics then they leave and make even more money as "consultants" and directors of big corporations that they helped while in power - the really sick thing is the way they take away from the poorest whilst letting big corporations such as Starbucks, Vodafone and the banks get away with massive tax aviodance - still as the Jam once sang in "Going Underground"- the public gets what the public wants...
Ste-V-e
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11:37am Mon 26 Nov 12
uvox44 wrote:If you emerge from your 1970's party-aligned politics you'll realise that taxes have actually increased on the high earners at a much higher proportion than low earners since 2010. Moreso than during the Labour reign! The Lib Dems have also introduced a fantastic no tax rate for low earners i.e. so that somebody like myself (who earns 7,500 a year for 50 hours a week work) can afford to get my work out in the countryside. So it is not rick folk protecting themselves. Every party has meaningless lines like 'we're all in it together'. The tories are more business-minded as a party this is true, but I really cannot stress how much foreign investment in the UK makes a difference. Also, ever heard of the 'revolving door syndrome'? Look it up, it basically means politicians can't do just as you've described with going on to be consultants within years after being a politician. Tax avoidance is not a new thing, the government are cracking down on it now, but it's impossible to reverse a tax law system which has had loopholes engrained into it for years and years.
I was in Wimborne briefly on Saturday , glad I didn't see the obnoxious toad, as I would probably been arrested for expressing what I think of him and the rest of his Robin- (or should that be Robbing?) Hood- in-reverse govt.We are all in it together - if anyone still believes that then i suggest they need to know that the word gullible has been taken out of the latest dictionaries! The Tory party is about making money for themselves and their rich business friends, once they finish making money for themselves in Politics then they leave and make even more money as "consultants" and directors of big corporations that they helped while in power - the really sick thing is the way they take away from the poorest whilst letting big corporations such as Starbucks, Vodafone and the banks get away with massive tax aviodance - still as the Jam once sang in "Going Underground"- the public gets what the public wants...
Ste-V-e
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11:40am Mon 26 Nov 12
rogerlu
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12:05pm Mon 26 Nov 12
uvox44
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12:50pm Mon 26 Nov 12
stevobath
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2:57pm Mon 26 Nov 12
davecook wrote:Didnt hear ANYONE moaning when there was easy money to be lent & things were booming during Labours reign.
Well, I for one would have liked to meet him and thanked him for not selling us down the river over the EU budget. Being a taxpayer and not being on benefits (and judging from some of the comments so far, probably one of the last ones left in Dorset), I need DC in long term, and preferably without any woolly leftie liberal "help" so we can try to get this country back on it's feet after it was bought to it's knees by the last Labour government who borrowed to spend wildly as if the boom would never end (Brown did actually say he had got rid of boom and bust), but left us in an endless bust. No we have someone who would like to sort it out, the only thanks he gets is endless gripes from worthless rubbish who either a) want this country to fail, or b) want the unemployment to stay high so they can sit back on benefits and never work, or c) stop anything successful going through so they can get back a worthless Labour government into power, or d) do what they can to protect their council jobs as they are frightened of doing a proper days work out in private industry. Take your pick.
Obviously you're taken in by Tory Propaganda.Lets not forget too that UKs production capabilities etc were sold down the river by Thatchers policies.Yes she was all for promoting the greed of the 80s.
As for 'sitting back on benefits' how can you sit back on £55 a week?
This Govt has got the Sheeple believing everyone on benefits is living it up on £100s a week.Take a look at the REAL figures.
groveswhitnall
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8:42pm Mon 26 Nov 12
blue beetle
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10:51am Tue 27 Nov 12
spooki
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3:22pm Tue 27 Nov 12
blue beetle wrote:You would kick a baby's willy? That's not very nice.
u r a little baby cameron i will kick ur willy in a fight
awishes
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10:18pm Wed 28 Nov 12
Duckorange says...
8:52am Sun 25 Nov 12
How many did he leave with?