David Cameron campaigns in Thatcher’s old seat
Margaret Thatcher in the Finchley job centre in 1977
David Cameron is visiting a free school in the Finchley and Golders Green constituency, which is 89th on Labour’s target list. There are no TV cameras present but my producer and I made our way in and saw David Cameron being asked questions by a select group of children.
What was his favourite subject? History, he said. And he had a teacher who was so passionate about history that “when discussing the death of Prime Ministers he used to cry.”
The PM went on: “And he had a block of wood on his desk – this wouldn’t be allowed these days – and if he thought you weren’t paying attention he’d throw it at you.”
Cameron later told me the history teacher was Michael Kidson.
The PM is now in an art class learning how to do marbling with shaving foam.