George Osborne

David Cameron? He’s doing just fine, thanks 

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issue 18 November 2023

It’s a week for improbable comebacks. The Beatles are back at number one, Chelsea are scoring goals again and David Cameron is in Downing Street. The return of my friend to the front line is a Rishi Sunak relaunch that I can warmly welcome. There is a lot of goodwill out there just waiting for our current Prime Minister to find his groove. Now he’s given up trying to appease the unappeasable nationalist right, or claiming to be better than all that’s gone before, he has a decent chance of being listened to. Not every occupant of No. 10 would have had the courage to appoint a predecessor – the last three have all suffered from tall poppy syndrome. Bravo to Sunak for having the imagination to appoint the best Foreign Secretary available to the country at a time of international crisis. The rift with the Cameroons has been healed.

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