In defence of David Cameron’s comeback

David Cameron is back. This will make some people unhappy, because they dislike the man. Common reasons for disliking Dave include Brexit and austerity. But there’s also the Greensill lobbying and just the general, all-pervading shiny-faced smugness of a man who, one suspects, never really gave a toss about any of it and was just playing at politics to show how clever he is.

You might infer from the words above that I am one of those who dislike Cameron. I certainly have reasons to do so, and reasons that are a little more personal than the ones I’ve listed above. My feelings about David Cameron have informed a great many columns that I’ve written about the man in the years since he left No. 10 – columns in which I have suggested that he is a shallow chancer whose departure from high office and conduct since have been shameful in the extreme. 

I’ll write about my own reasons for Dave-spite one day, but not today.