Can’t David Cameron get anything right? First he climbs into bed with every swivel-eyed, far-right loony in the European Parliament. Then he ties the knot with the Ulster Unionists whose main purpose in life is to undo the Northern Ireland peace process. This is the party whose candidate in South Antrim at the next election – who will presumably have the official backing of the Conservatives – has been accused of making homophobic and racist remarks. Adrian Watson is on record for declaring that he would never allow gay couples to stay at his family-run B&B and has also called travellers “scum”. The strange alliance has already earned Cameron what must rate as one of the most humiliatingly hypocritical putdowns on the political stage: a plea from the old warmonger himself, George W Bush, not to derail a peace deal. Nice going, Dave.
