David Cameron Doesn't Know The Price Of A Value Loaf

[ck1]

Do you? I don't, does this put him out of touch with the people? We use a lot of milk but I'm not even sure what it costs, it just goes in the trolley as an essential item

[piggynose]

I used to get my bread from Greggs bargain bakery in Brum 10 years ago. Because it was yesterdays bread, it was heavily discounted. not sure if its still going though.

[andy-hughes]

It's not the lack of knowledge about basic grocery costs that make Cameron out of touch with the people - the actual reasons are far too long and various to list here - but why don't we start with the most glaringly obvious - his eight-figure bank balance.

[jno]

he's not supposed to be an ordinary person, JJ, but he's supposed to know how they live because he's legislating on their behalf.

[joggerjayne]

Does the fact that Tony Blair can earn more in one year than David Cameron has earned in his whole life say anything about which of Labour or the Conservatives is more out of touch with ordinary people?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2167038/Tony-Blair-earned-20m-just-year-advising-business-bosses-foreign-governments.html

[andy-hughes]

Not really - any MP is actually out of touch with the people he or she represents from the day they first attend Parliament and the 'gentleman's club' atmosphere and raft of expenses and freebies start to kick in.

[jno]

that's only been since Blair left office, though, hasn't it?

Camron's now in power.

[joggerjayne]

jno ...

Do you think that "knowing how they live" has to involve knowing the separate price of each and everything they buy?

You could easily pick other examples ...

a pound of carrots

a box of tea bags

a jar of instant coffee

gravy granules

a bar of soap

economy shampoo

a bus ticket

a bag of potatoes

a pack of butter

Is it important for the person who runs the country to equip himself with the exact price of everything in supermarket, just in case he gets hijacked by some smart arse journalist?

I'd rather he left that sort of thing to Sam Cam, or the house keeper, and focused on that guy who says he's going to blow up shopping centres at Christmas.

Or no, hang on ... don't worry about the terrorists for a moment ... I've spent the morning writing down lots of grocery items ... could you just check the prices for me?

[tamborine]

Mrs DC might do the shopping.

[Goldstandard]

I wouldn't know the price of a loaf, I bake my own.

[joggerjayne]

Sam Cam = Mrs DC

:0)

[ludwig]

Considering that most people that actually do the weekly shop wouldn't know the answer it'd be strange if he did.

He needs to be aware of things like average net income, disposable incomes, poverty levels, cost of living etc in broad terms. He doesn't need to be able to answer a question about an economy loaf.

It's one of those silly things journalists like to do, like saying John Prescott is some kind of traitor to the people because he had two Jaguars available to him and played croquet.

[tamborine]

nope, am not familiar with JJ……not been introduced - lol

[joggerjayne]

John Prescott played Croquet?

Traitor!

[tamborine]

^^her

[society]

JJ, in response to your post @ 11:30 Tue 01st Oct 2013

Bread is a staple in just about every home so he should be a bit more clued up, and as Jno said "he's supposed to know how they live because he's legislating on their behalf "

[Goldstandard]

joggerjayne. Do you know how much David Cameron earns in a year? I don't. I do know that he is a multimillionaire. How can you possibly compare unknown figures?

[tamborine]

He uses his loaf to run the country

[jno]

he's not required to go shopping, just to know the price of things on behalf of people who do go shopping.

I bet he could give you a better estimate of the price of a Mercedes than of a kilo of carrots.

[Eve]

I know price of essentials, bread, milk etc... though maybe through buying all my own food (though not a lot as just me), usually from the same place and having been in the situation where every penny counted.

I'm not surprised he doesn't know.

[New Judge]

“…eschewing the point that nobody can buy a pint of milk in a shop nowadays.”

Milk is still sold in pints, Fred. ASDA do one, two and four pints of fresh milk, (49p, 89p and £1 respectively):

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore/landing/home.shtml?cmpid=ahc-_-ghs-_-asdacom-dsk-_-hp-_-start_shopping_title&referrer=cookiesDetecting#/search/milk

Tesco do likewise though their prices are a little higher. Both Lidl’s and Aldi sell four pinters (though I cannot say if they do the smaller sizes in imperial units). However I noticed a week or two back that Morrisons, who used to sell milk in pints and multiples thereof, have taken to selling 2 litres instead of four pints (2.272 litres) but have kept the cost the same, thus increasing their price by a little over 12%.

When do I start as Prime Minister? :-)