Not entirely irrelevant at all when you consider sgy's post.
"It's amazing how SOME,not all, on the left find it ok to mock anything about Tories and yet get all precious over the slightest thing they think isn't p.c.when it conflicts with their 'superior' set of values."
That isn't something I'd imagine was aimed at Dave specifically.
Happy to be proved wrong however I reckon sgy was making a wider point that has also been made by others.