Brushing off the "non-story" of a few MPs expressing no-confidence in him, Cameron pointed to the Rwanda trip as more representative of the spirit of the Party at the moment:
"I think the spirit of the Conservative Party is embodied by the Members of Parliament; Conservative activists, including doctors and electricians and lawyers who are out here in Rwanda, learning about this country, learning about delivering aid effectively, learning about how we help sub-Saharan Africa get richer."
Those of us not in the sub-Saharan desert can keep track of how things are going by checking out a few blogs that are being updated each day:
It’s a shame Cameron could only stay one night, but the message that Conservatives care about development issues – and see mileage in being seen to care – is encouraging. The forty, don’t forget, paid their own way to do this and are doing a lot of graft off-camera. Meeting victims of poverty and genocide face-to-face will no doubt have a profound effect on them, and that’s worth a lot more than cynical comments about it being just a PR stunt.
Deputy Editor