Thatcher-Wanker?

New Conservative Party head David Cameron (one of the two blokes pictured at left) was asked by popular talk-show host Jonathan Ross on national television Friday night if he'd ever jerked off as a teen while fantasizing about Margaret Thatcher.

"Did you or did you not have a wank thinking, Margaret Thatcher," he asked after Mr Cameron failed to steer the conversation into safer waters and (as he does) blushed at the neck.

This is basically the equivalent of David Letterman asking Nancy Pelosi -- unprompted -- if she ever fingered herself while lustful images of Jimmy Carter danced through her heart.

Fellow Tories -- known more for their stiff upper lips than for more racy stiffnesses -- aren't amused.

The Thatcher-wank comments seem to have been quietly exorcised from BBC's feed, though a lengthy schtick about drug legalisation (Cameron's a firm no; Ross a solid yes) remains.