Cameron and Tourette's and Abbott on Racism

Both have apologised for their comments (see here and here) but it shows how careful politicians need to be when making off the cuff comments. In Diane Abbott's case she needed to be aware that Twitter is a dangerous place for this and it is hard to make comments out of context. She should have affirmed what she meant by her comments in a follow up tweet. As for Cameron, well he seems to have what one can politely call an "old school" humour (take his "calm down dear!" comments for example), but he needs to remember that he is Prime Minister and that it is important in this day and age not to needlessly cause offence. Equally it is is important for a Prime Minister to be sensitive to the concerns of the electorate and I imagine plenty of voters with tourette's feel they now have a PM who does not understand or care about their condition.