A while back I posted on the Conservative Madrassa (self-titled) youth group that were led by someone who claimed the NHS was a total waste of money and supported waterboarding as torture and god knows what else.

Finally someone has gotten around to asking David Cameron about it, the results of which are reported in the Guardian, which you can read here.

Basically Cameron has, not suprisingly, denied all knowledge. Not just of his own Shadow Ministers’ activities but also of the group itself. As Labour MP Jon Cruddas said, it’s ‘absolutely unbelievable’ that Cameron would have known nothing about it – though I would add I’m not one of those people who expects a party leader to have an omninpotent awareness of every activity that goes on.

That said, I do find it hard to believe Cameron wasn’t aware of the group given that senior figures in his team such as Party Chairman Eric Pickles and Shadow Defence Secretary Liam Fox both spoke to the group.

Luckily for Cameron he’s got enough to worry about at the moment with the current Cleggmania that is gripping the media, so I expect this one will sink again. But for those of us who are paying attention it’s a timely reminder as we approach the general election just how unreconstructed large parts of the Conservative Party are.