Bill Jamieson: Headline-grabbing leaves Tory leader exposed

IN ONE compelling, dramatic soundbite, Conservative leader David Cameron has served up an object lesson in how to grab the headlines – and lose the plot.

To the cause of rectifying the expenses scandal, he has threatened a vast catapult to hurl boulders at the constitution. In a lofty declaration this week he said "the only one way out of this national crisis we face" is a "massive, sweeping, radical ...