Stephen Daisley Stephen Daisley

David Cameron? Seriously?

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All political careers end in failure but few return to prove it a second time. David Cameron, forced to resign after his defeat in the EU referendum, has been brought back, given a peerage and appointed foreign secretary. His appointment followed the sacking of Suella Braverman as home secretary and James Cleverly’s sidewards move to replace her. 

Expect Rishi Sunak’s stenographers in the press to gush over this masterstroke. A heavy-hitter in the cabinet. An experienced pair of hands at the Foreign Office. A return to serious, grown-up politics. Labour will be rattled now! Any such talk will be guff. This is not genius, it’s desperation. The Prime Minister wanted to spend his time in No. 10 enthusing about AI and schmoozing shoeless tech bros just flown in from Palo Alto, scrolling through Sunak’s Wikipedia entry on their way in from Heathrow. Unfortunately, the world had different ideas and we find ourselves with a prime minister wholly out of his depth on international affairs and security.

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