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| Cameron on the Letterman Show. Picture: PA |
On Wednesday, David Cameron appeared on one of the USA's most influential TV chat shows and was subjected to a quiz on British culture and history. Here is what happened:
1. The
Prime Minister was warmly welcomed on to the Late Show by host David Letterman
to the tune of the house band playing Rule Britannia and dry ice
pumping into the studio to replicate a London fog. (US MOCKERY - the same way that Britain mocks all other countries in the third World).
2. Letterman confronted David Cameron with a simple question on British history - who composed Rule Britannia? This left him squirming in his seat and a floundering Mr Cameron made a guess at Edward Elgar, only to learn from Letterman that it was in fact the little-known Thomas Arne, setting words by James Thomson to music.
3. Then Letterman asked him Magna Carta - Great Charter - and hesitated a while before naming Runnymede as the location of its signing and 1215 as the date it was drawn up. (In Britain, immigrants are subjected to a British NATIONALITY TEST which is ironically approved by David Cameron. The test ensures that immigrants have knowledge of British history).
4. Mr Cameron was also asked whether he was popular in the UK, replying: 'Not very popular, no. We have got this budget deficit'
6. Mr Cameron had to correct Letterman when he talked about "the British empire" - "it's not an empire, it's the United Kingdom", interrupted the PM - and when the host suggested Northern Ireland was "part of England".
7. The Prim Minister saved face by hailing the successful hosting of the Olympics and Paralympics this summer.
2. Letterman confronted David Cameron with a simple question on British history - who composed Rule Britannia? This left him squirming in his seat and a floundering Mr Cameron made a guess at Edward Elgar, only to learn from Letterman that it was in fact the little-known Thomas Arne, setting words by James Thomson to music.
3. Then Letterman asked him Magna Carta - Great Charter - and hesitated a while before naming Runnymede as the location of its signing and 1215 as the date it was drawn up. (In Britain, immigrants are subjected to a British NATIONALITY TEST which is ironically approved by David Cameron. The test ensures that immigrants have knowledge of British history).
4. Mr Cameron was also asked whether he was popular in the UK, replying: 'Not very popular, no. We have got this budget deficit'
6. Mr Cameron had to correct Letterman when he talked about "the British empire" - "it's not an empire, it's the United Kingdom", interrupted the PM - and when the host suggested Northern Ireland was "part of England".
7. The Prim Minister saved face by hailing the successful hosting of the Olympics and Paralympics this summer.
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