Fergie mocks Cameron’s ‘squeaky bum time’

Sir Alex Ferguson, a Labour man through and through, has used one of his most famous catchphrases - "it's squeaky bum time" - to describe Tory leader David Cameron's situation in the election race. The only question is, has Fergie left his pro-Labour broadside - like his team's Premier League challenge - a little too late?
 
The Manchester United manager was referring to recent polls showing the Tories unlikely to win a Commons majority when he told the Daily Mirror: "It's squeaky bum time for David Cameron. What was the old Harold Wilson saying - a week is a long time in politics? My god, it must have been a long few days for Cameron."
 
He went on: "There he is, coasting along, everyone talking about how it's all over, and suddenly it's like he's been leading the table all season and he's gone four defeats on the trot."

However, Ferguson was speaking before the release of last night's Populus poll for the Times, which showed Cameron beginning to inch away from the pack.

That said, Fergie was on good form as far as Labour are concerned, describing Gordon Brown as "solid and strong" while Cameron "looked really weak under pressure and that is the last thing you want in a prime minister".
 
He also defended the use of Cameron's privileged upbringing for political advantage as "fair game".

"How can it be class war to say the guy went to Eton, or that he was part of some dreadful right-wing social club at Oxford?" he said. "Where you come from does matter you know. His policies are all about helping his own sort."
 
Fergie also took the chance to have a go at Nick Clegg. "I must be honest, I don't see this Clegg thing," he said. "I mean, he was fine [in the first TV debate], and spoke well enough, but I was no clearer what he was about than I was at the beginning."

The first known use of "squeaky bum time" was in March 2003 when Fergie used the expression to describe the climax to that season's Premier League campaign. ·