The Conservative party is in disarray. What the party does next matters for the whole of Britain and maybe even for all of liberal democracy. For the British centre-Right to follow its American and French counterparts into nativist populism would be a shift of global and historical significance. Such serious times call for serious people. So, naturally, David Cameron has quit.
Not for the first time, Cameron is waddling off into the emptiness of early retirement when the alternative was sticking around to do something difficult. Last time the difficult thing was ‘offer stable governance to the country you just broke’. Now it’s ‘help stop your party dragging the country’s politics towards all the things you said you stood against’.
What comes next for Cameron is decades of avoiding facing up to the fact he’ll be remembered as a failure
Just in case readers had forgotten, Cameron just did a quick turn as Rishi Sunak’s foreign secretary, reprising his earnest public servant act in hopes that people will applaud and forget about his previous cameo as clammy-handed lobbyist grasping at Lex Greensill’s cash.
Comments
Join the debate for just $5 for 3 months
Be part of the conversation with other Spectator readers by getting your first three months for $5.
UNLOCK ACCESS Just $5 for 3 monthsAlready a subscriber? Log in