The Sindy takes a bite out of Bacon

Does the Independent on Sunday need a sense-of-humour injection, or was it being deliberately obtuse? Monkey only asks after it pulls up Richard Bacon for offering "glowing praise" for David Cameron in a column in the Sun. "That's the sort of many we should have leading the country," it quotes Bacon . "A bright, intelligent, dynamic, handsome man we really respect and admire who would be a brilliant prime minister." Strong stuff! Lacking just one thing, it turns out - context. Here's Bacon on Cameron in full: "I've just started a new job at BBC 5 Live – I've taken over from Simon Mayo at 2pm, Monday through Thursday, and I'm loving it. On my first show, I sat down for an hour-long interview with David Cameron. Don't know if you heard the show, but I know what a lot of you are thinking: 'That's the sort of man we should have leading this country. A bright, intelligent, dynamic, handsome man we really respect and admire who would be a brilliant prime minister.' And it's very kind of you to say so, and I'm very flattered, honestly I am, but I'm happy just doing the show for the time being. But thanks, it really means a lot that you think so highly of me." Not so much "glowing praise" as ... a joke.