text: He has taken millions of selfies - including during this campaign. But yesterday the Prime Minister used a selfie stick for the first time. It happened as David Cameron toured Pirate FM during a visit to Cornwall to lay out Conservative plans for the southwest. Prime Minister David Cameron, pictured, used a selfie stick for the first time during visit to Cornwall . The PM posed with the telescopic device to take a photograph with staff at Pirate FM . Selfie sticks work by fixing the camera to an adjustable clamp on a telescopic arm, allowing the users to feature in the wide angle photo they are taking. Mr Cameron travelled down to the south west on the sleeper train. He told staff that other world leaders have selfie sticks, including the Prime Minister of Finland. During his visit to the station Mr Cameron was presented with a Cornish t-shirts emblazoned 'If You Can Smell My Pasty, You're Too Close.' Mr Cameron kindly volunteered to give that to the chancellor - a reference to George Osborne's infamous budget in which he proposed a 'pasty tax'. Mr Cameron likes to project an image as the 'chillaxing' statesman unruffled by political troubles - but this morning his usual demeanour seemed to desert him as he donned a bizarre outfit on the campaign trail. The Prime Minister looked exhausted as he stepped off the sleeper train at Penzance today, ahead of a speech in which he delivered his 'plan for Cornwall'. Mr Cameron arrived in Penzance yesterday morning after spending eight hours on the train from Paddington . He was dressed very casually as he alighted the sleeper carriage after the eight-hour journey . Mr Cameron said it was nice to have a night without the children or Mrs Cameron nudging him in the ribs . The Conservatives are battling against their Coalition partners in the South-West as they seek to wrest control of key constituencies from the Liberal Democrats. But Mr Cameron is still trailing Ed Miliband's Labour Party nationally, with just 13 days to go until polling day. The Prime Minister seemed as if he had had trouble sleeping on the eight-hour journey from London's Paddington station. His hair was unkempt and he was wearing an unusual combination of jeans with shiny loafers which might be considered more appropriate for a smart business suit. Mr Cameron sported a navy jacket with a dark blue polo shirt, and set off his outfit with the ultimate status symbol - a red box holding ministerial papers, which only a few dozen people are entitled to carry. While the jacket may have looked inoffensive, the Tory leader may have been making a political statement in support of the Union, as it appears to have been made by Scottish firm Lyle & Scott. Similar models retail online for around £125. Speaking at a factory later, he insisted that he had in fact slept very well - because his wife Samantha was not there to complain about him talking in his sleep. Mr Cameron said: 'It was very comfortable, very nice it was too, to have a night without the children waking me up or Mrs Cameron nudging me in the ribs and telling me to shut up for talking in my sleep.'
target: David Cameron travelled to Cornwall overnight on Paddington sleeper .
  The Prime Minister used the visit to outline his new plan for the south west .
  He promised to give Chancellor George Osborne a Cornish pasty t-shirt .
  He joked that the train trip allowed him a night of peace without the family .