COMMENT: Cameron's dinosaur jibe

I find it bizarre that so many have been outraged that David Cameron called Denis Skinner, often affectionately called the "Beast of Bolsover", a dinosaur during PMQs today.

Cameron said he saw no need for his children to go to the Natural History Museum when they could see a real dinosaur at 12.30 on Wednesdays during PMQs.

Those who are outraged at the slightest thing have leapt to Skinner's defence and have claimed that Cameron was ageist.

What nonsense!

It's fair to say that the absolutely gratuitous insult was ill-judged and peurile, but Cameron has a track record of silly, pathetic, childish and bullying insults in the house.

A dinosaur, as well as having been a giant lizard that became extinct millions of years ago, is a term also used to describe somebody who's views and opinions are out of date and out of touch with the modern world.

Yes, Cameron had another rush of blood to the head for which the Speaker should make him apologise, but there is no justification for claiming he was ageist.