Not content with presiding over a catastrophic recession, a national debt akin to a tin-pot Third World dictatorship, a mismanaged illegal war, a drop in education standards and a collapse in national morale, the
Ditherer managed to pull off an electoral performance that made Michael Foot look politically astute.
If he is half the man he pretends to be - and not the
ditherer that he actually is - he''d create a photo-opportunity of picking up the phone and making sure he sorted things out.
It's from the French, see (did you spot that?) rather than the Italian, and that's because it was coined not by a
ditherer in a toga, but by a 12th-century Gallic vilain.
SO we learned that the
Ditherer of Downing Street has installed solar panels at his family home in Scotland.
The man who until only recently was seen as a dour, plodding, unsmiling
ditherer has suddenly blossomed forth in the most unexpected way.
David Cameron may have branded Gordon Brown a "
ditherer", but the Tory leader has admitted he also sometimes has difficulty taking decisions.
Setting aside the fact the dapper
ditherer was probably covering up his own disappointment - as he will have to settle for third-in-command in a three-way coalition - he was right.
The political question, as 1996 grew nigh, was this: Would the American electorate remember Bill Clinton as the last liberal - as a funny fat boy, a dysfunctional
ditherer? Scarcely a month before the primary season began, the Louisville Courier had caricatured our president as Saturday Night Live's Stuart Smalley, reassuring his mirrored reflection: "I'm good enough.
But he was nowhere near in the same class as the Master
Ditherer of them all, David Cameron.
Ever the
ditherer I couldn't make up my mind so decided that we should share the mezze platter (PS12.95 for two) which included hummus, baba ghanoush, falafel, fattoush salad, manakeesh jibne (like a mini pizza) and home-made bread and pickles.
A few days ago, he was seen as just a
ditherer. Now he's seen as the crafty fox.
He must now rue the decision, which led to him being branded a "
ditherer" and Labour slumping in the polls.
The
Ditherer of Downing Street has defended the decision to launch a cover-up of the circumstances surrounding Venables' new detention.
She added: "Rhodri Morgan seems to have caught the
ditherer tendency from Gordon Brown.
If Brown wants to throw off his reputation as a
ditherer, then this is certainly not the way to go about it.
