Philip Glenister has claimed that Tory leader David Cameron tried to pass some of his ideas off as his own during his general election campaign.
The actor, who shot to fame as tough talking cop Gene Hunt on BBC’s Ashes to Ashes admitted that he met the political bigwig months before the election and gave him some advice on how to reform UK policing.
Philip said: “He asked, ‘When you speak to the police do you get much feedback?’ I said, ‘Basically, they get too much paperwork. They want to be out catching the crims. That’s why Gene Hunt’s so popular with them.’
“He went, ‘Absolutely, of course’. Six months later he’s on radio saying exactly what I said. B*****d nicked my line!”
Phil, who will return to our screens in January in Sky1's Mad Dogs, also hit out at the BBC over the slashing of budgets of successful dramas such as Ashes.
He told Reader’s Digest: “It’s understandable but frustrating.”
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