Cameron’s mealy-mouthed IS apology is a worse insult than the original claim

Last Updated: May 11, 2016By
A No 10 spokesman said the prime minister was referring to reports that Gani supported ‘an’ Islamic state, as opposed to Isis [Image: Lauren Hurley/PA].

A No 10 spokesman said the prime minister was referring to reports that Gani supported ‘an’ Islamic state, as opposed to Isis [Image: Lauren Hurley/PA].

Is there a limit to David Cameron’s dishonesty?

Even when he’s apologising, he’s trying to lie to us all about it!

Yesterday, Downing Street released a statement regarding ill-advised comments made by the most disgraceful excuse for a prime minister the UK has ever had last week.

Cameron had been desperately trying to tie Sadiq Khan, at the time Labour’s candidate to be Mayor of London – and a Muslim, together with extremist terrorists such as the organisation that misnames itself Islamic State.

This is what he said:

160512 Cameron words Suliman Gani

Fortunately for democracy – and especially considering the disgraceful Islamophobic campaign run by Tory candidate Zac Goldsmith, of which Cameron’s words were only a part, Mr Khan won at the polls.

Unfortunately for Cameron, his words about Suliman Gani were completely untrue. Although he was protected from prosecution by the absolute privilege afforded to all MPs within the Commons chamber, it became clear to Cameron that he had gone too far and a retraction was necessary.

This is the retraction:

160512 Cameron apology Suliman Gani

Compare and contrast it with the original statement. They don’t mesh, do they?

While Cameron may be “clear” that he does not want his words to be interpreted as meaning Suliman Gani supported Daesh (IS in his original remarks), everybody else may be assured that it was exactly what he was implying.

So the apology “for any misunderstanding” is utterly worthless.

It’s the sort of thing you’d expect from a naughty schoolboy, not the prime minister of one of world’s major powers.

It is also a huge gesture of disrespect to the victims of his hate speech.

If This Writer was Suliman Gani – or Sadiq Khan, I would demand that Cameron own up and apologise properly.

David Cameron has issued an apology to Suliman Gani, the Muslim cleric he accused of supporting Islamic State in the House of Commons, saying he regrets “any misunderstanding” that had arisen.

The prime minister had been under mounting pressure to respond after the defence secretary Michael Fallon said sorry to Gani, who had begun legal action against him for repeating the claim that he supported the extremist group outside the Commons, where parliamentary privilege does not apply.

Cameron had claimed Gani was a “supporter of IS”, in heated exchanges in the Commons in April, when he questioned the judgment of London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan for repeatedly sharing a platform with him.

On Wednesday night, a No 10 spokesman said: “In reference to the prime minister’s comments on Suliman Gani, the prime minister was referring to reports that he supports an Islamic state. The prime minister is clear this does not mean Mr Gani supports the organisation Daesh [Isis] and he apologises to him for any misunderstanding.”

Source: David Cameron apologises after saying ex-imam ‘supported Islamic State’ | Politics | The Guardian

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9 Comments

  1. Jon Lisle-Summers May 12, 2016 at 12:08 am - Reply

    Ah, so, the PM mispoke himself. WTF does that mean, even?

  2. John May 12, 2016 at 7:04 am - Reply

    Is there a limit to David Cameron’s arrogance?

  3. philipburdekin May 12, 2016 at 9:12 am - Reply

    How on earth is this fool allowed to lie continuously to the people of Britain and get away with it?, it seems to me that he has not reached adulthood yet, he’s acting like a little boy in a playground who has to lie so that people like him.

    • Mike Sivier May 12, 2016 at 9:59 am - Reply

      The real question is why people vote for him, even though they know he lies.

      • John May 12, 2016 at 10:30 am - Reply

        Because they’re already fairly well off, and have an “I’m alright Jack” attitude, and therefore don’t care less. Not to mention that they have no friends or family that are suffering under this Govt. Selfish people inotherwords, who only care about themselves. Not forgetting that last year, there wasn’t really any alternative.

        • Mike Sivier May 12, 2016 at 10:39 am - Reply

          There was.
          It’s just that people preferred to believe a lie cooked up by the Tories.
          Vote in haste; repent at leisure, eh?

      • David May 12, 2016 at 4:32 pm - Reply

        Thatcher was a serial liar and Blair pretty competent, too. But look at the majorities they had.

  4. David May 12, 2016 at 2:55 pm - Reply

    Cameron is an opportunistic, mealy mouthed prat, but to be fair to him, he only lies when his lips move.

  5. jaguarjon May 12, 2016 at 3:49 pm - Reply

    DM’s right about Gani’s support for extremists – he’s a Toraid voter.

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