First glimpse of the battle bus routine: It’s bloodless, sterile
David Cameron is seen under a Union Jack flag as he addresses Fujitsu employees
David Cameron is telling employees at Fujitsu in Birmingham about the “jobs miracle” he says is underlined by the employment figures out today. He said his critics were wrong to say all the new jobs were part-time, zero hours, based in the south-east, going to foreigners.
It’s my first glimpse of the Tory leader’s battle bus routine. The PM reads off autocue, wraps every message around the economy. It’s weirdly bloodless, sterile. There is zero excitement. I think the first leader to start doing street stump talks would get a bit of a fillip but that’s just guesswork and maybe won’t happen.
Answering questions after his little speech, the PM side-stepped Ed Miliband’s invitation to debate directly with the Labour Leader. He said there been nearly 150 debates between the two of them, which was a reference to prime minster’s questions in case you thought you’d missed some good telly.
Bloomberg’s Rob Hutton asked a surprised Liz Truss in the spin room last night if we’d seen the real David Cameron during the debate. David Cameron in Birmingham said he hadn’t been invited which is stretching the truth a little. He said he’d watched a bit of it and it showed “a hint of the chaos” you would get if you voted anything other than Conservative.