sleepless nights leading to the general election appear to have affected  david cameron's memory after prime minister made an embarrassing gaffe by forgetting which team he supports speaking at an event in south london, the pm claimed to be a west ham supporter   despite previously stating that he followed aston villa 'you can support man utd, the west indies and team gb all at the same time   of course i'd rather you supported west ham,' he said during a speech on ethnic minorities prime minister david cameron had brain fade after getting his claret and blue teams mixed up  the conservative party leader told an audience he was a west ham fan, despite supporting aston villa  the tory leader has since apologised, blaming a bout of 'brain fade'   perhaps he became confused since both sides wear claret and blue colours 'i had what natalie bennett described as a brain fade,' he said 'i'm a villa fan  i must have been overcome by something  this morning but there we are, these things sometimes happen when you are on the stump' west ham were quick to respond after tweeting cameron to vote for his favourite player with the message: 'don't forget to vote in another important election! who is your hammer of the year, prime minister?' cameron said: 'i'm a villa fan  i must have been overcome by something  this morning' the pm was overjoyed when christian benteke (left) helped villa reach the fa cup final  cameron attended his first match at villa park as a 13 year old after being taken by his uncle, former villa chairman sir william dugdale in a tv interview in 2008, cameron told gmtv: 'the first game i ever went to was an aston villa game and so i am an aston villa fan' and, the conservative leader was enthusiastic after aston villa defeat liverpool in the fa cup semi finals 'it was a tremendous game with benteke and delph doing villa proud, against the odds i can't wait to watch the final at the end of may,' he said
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david cameron claims he is a west ham fan during a speech  the prime minister has previously said he supported aston villa  the tory leader apologised, saying he experienced 'brain fade'