Cameron and Palace should show the Pope more respect

The press, too, has been ungenerous, highlighting his Falklands remarks. What else could he have said?

Crispin Black

DAVID CAMERON'S joke at Pope Francis I's expense was rather good - "the white smoke over the Falklands was clear". Just the sort of thing that the Notting Hill set would find amusing, especially as Pope Francis is an avowed opponent of their current obsession, gay marriage.

As the faithful, and many others, celebrated across the world the election of a new Pope who took the name of the gentlest of the saints – Francis of Assisi - David Cameron showed off his clever-clever one-liners.

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is a former Welsh Guards lieutenant colonel and intelligence analyst for the British government's Joint Intelligence Committee. His book, 7-7: What Went Wrong, was one of the first to be published after the London bombings in July 2005.