Cameron's mock German accent raises English eyebrows

Published on Tuesday 16 June 2009 00:57

CONSERVATIVE Party leader David Cameron raised eyebrows last night when he adopted a German accent to underline his opposition to identity cards.

He pledged to scrap ID cards during a question and answer session with voters in Norwich.

Explaining his concerns, he adopted a German accent and said: "Where are your papers?" A woman in the audience asked: "I wonder about the wisdom of you adopting a German accent?" Mr Cameron replied: "It was meant to be light-hearted."

Earlier, a questioner criticised Mr Cameron's decision to align the Tories with a right-wing Polish party in the European Union. Mr Cameron defended his decision and said he wanted to join forces with parties who spoke with the same voice on the EU.

He was speaking at the Hewett School in the latest of a series of question and answer sessions with voters.

Earlier yesterday, Home Secretary Alan Johnson was urged to make a Commons statement on a report he may be considering a U-turn over the controversial move to introduce ID cards.

Shadow immigration minister Damian Green made the demand in a point of order to outgoing Speaker Michael Martin

He asked if Mr Johnson was planning to make a statement on the "scrapping of the ID card scheme" one of Labour's flagship policies. Mr Martin said he had no indication of a statement from Mr Johnson.