Daily Telegraph: David Cameron is getting fat

There is some conspicuously lowbrow reportage in today’s Daily Telegraph, whose Andrew Brown notes the prime minister’s expanding midriff:

Mr Cameron’s shirt … now appears to be a size too small. And he’s notably thickening around the midriff. As doctors like to point out, this centrally-distributed adiposity is a particularly perilous kind of weight gain, since it is associated with an increased risk of heart problems.

Of course, people have been remarking on Mr Cameron’s chubbiness for years now. Before the election, some Conservatives worried that his well-nourished appearance was off-putting to the electorate, making him appear overly prosperous, soft, cosseted and out of touch.

What is surely missing from the Torygraph’s coverage, however, is a Heat Magazine-style “circle of shame”. Please allow Scrapbook to oblige:

Buttered crumpets for elevenses?