Cameron made me cry

Ivan & David Cameron

Paul Waugh has a very interesting article on David Cameron’s interview with Grazia magazine. I actually want to buy it, it seems very interesting.

Here is what Paul said:

Most of today’s papers carry extracts from David Cameron’s interview with Jane Moore for Grazia magazine.

But the magazine is now out and the full version* reveals just how painful the Tory leader finds the loss of his son Ivan. It’s impossible not to be moved by his words.

“Losing a child is the most painful thing in the world. People tell you that it will get better, but it doesn’t really,” he says.

He underlines how difficult his recent holiday in Brittany was without his six-year-old “beautiful boy”.

“The holiday was particularly geared up for Ivan. We got the ferry so we didn’t have to fly and worry about the wheelchair, and those wonderful Brittany beaches have ramps down to the sand…so, yes, it was hard. You know, we’d expected to go on holiday all together..,” he says.

Jane Moore reveals how she had seen the Camerons two Christmases ago at the London stage version of The Snowman. While Sam looked after the younger two children, David cradled Ivan in his arms for the entire performance, whispering reassuringly to him throughout. Proof that the family always included him in their plans.

“It was a very special communication we had with him. He would hear our voices and his eyes would dart across the room. There were times when he seemed quite wel, but there were times when the suffering…

“I try to remember that suffering, actually, because it somehow makes it a bit better…to know he’s not suffering any more. When I look back on his short life, there was an awful lot of severe epilepsy and pain.”

I’m told that the interview was not meant to focus on Ivan – and it does follow him to Cameron Direct events and features many other issues – but the Tory leader unexpectedly opened up when Jane Moore put the questions to him.

I don’t like making a habit of copying entire blogposts but this, especially The Snowman bit made me get quite emotional. A father any children would be lucky to have.

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