TOP Tory David Cameron has been told to keep his "ill-considered" comments to himself after saying he was lucky not to be attacked in Glasgow.

Furious city council boss Steven Purcell told a group of high-powered businessmen: "I can't sit back and listen to such rubbish."

Party leader Mr Cameron, who visited Glasgow earlier this year said recently: "As the first Tory leader to have done a walkabout in Sauchiehall Street without being head-butted, I think it's a great badge of honour."

But Mr Purcell said: "I've been waiting for an opportunity to stick up for Glasgow City Centre.

"Back in May, David Cameron went on a walkabout but since then has repeatedly talked about Glasgow city centre as if it is Basra or Kabul.

"It is not a badge of honour to walk down Sauchiehall Street without being attacked - thousands of us manage it every day of the week.

"This is Glasgow - a modern, vibrant city with a booming economy and fantastic facilities. And it is a safe city. Glasgow city centre is safer than it has ever been.

"David Cameron might think it is funny to portray our city centre as some kind of no-go area, but it is nothing like that."

Mr Purcell said in the past year there had been almost £1billion of investment in the city centre - £460million on housing, £109m on retail, £262m on offices and businesses and £28m on hotels."

He added: "Access has been improved with new air routes to Paris, Stockholm and London City and the nightrider bus is an important development.

"Management of the city centre has improved with the introduction of the Nitezone and additional street sweepers as part of the Clean Glasgow campaign."

But Mr Purcell admitted there was a problem with late-night transport.

He said: "It is not acceptable people are put off coming into the city centre in the evening because of the difficulties of getting home again.

"People living out-with the city centre are not getting the most of what the centre has to offer and the city centre economy is missing out on their trade.

"It is high time all partners worked together to find ways to improve late night transport."

A spokesman for the Scottish Conservative Party said Mr Cameron made a "light-hearted comment" and did not intend to cause offence.

He added: "Mr Purcell would be better getting on with the real tasks rather than inventing rows."