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[Stato]

It's an interesting tactical move from Sunak. Talk has been that he couldn't sack Braverman because the lunatic right wing would come for him. By sacking her and bringing back Cameron, he's attempting to align himself more centrally and be seen to be turning back to a bit of normality.

It might outflank the loonies, but he forgets that, as Johnson might have phrased it (although he would probably have referenced Suetonius, not Robert Graves), Cameron was the one who played the role of Claudius and "Let all the poisons that are in the mud hatch out." I recall that Danny Dyer put it more eloquently. Cameron is no longer seen by the public as one of the grown-ups in the room, he's the idiotic gambler who's massive arrogance caused the sh*tshow of the last seven years.

 

[Audax]

The problem for Sunak is appointing Cameron is a very easy "playing politics" target. It telegraphs that there's no talent left amongst the Tory MPs that can be trusted with such a top cabinet role (as does appointing Cleverly to Home Sec, IMO - that man does not live up to his name).

 

[Mackenzie]

It's an interesting tactical move from Sunak. Talk has been that he couldn't sack Braverman because the lunatic right wing would come for him. By sacking her and bringing back Cameron, he's attempting to align himself more centrally and be seen to be turning back to a bit of normality.

It might outflank the loonies, but he forgets that, as Johnson might have phrased it (although he would probably have referenced Suetonius, not Robert Graves), Cameron was the one who played the role of Claudius and "Let all the poisons that are in the mud hatch out." I recall that Danny Dyer put it more eloquently. Cameron is no longer seen by the public as one of the grown-ups in the room, he's the idiotic gambler who's massive arrogance caused the sh*tshow of the last seven years.

....then walked away.

 

[Dinner with Gotsmanov]

The problem for Sunak is appointing Cameron is a very easy "playing politics" target. It telegraphs that there's no talent left amongst the Tory MPs that can be trusted with such a top cabinet role (as does appointing Cleverly to Home Sec, IMO - that man does not live up to his name).

James Oxymoron…

 

[Stato]

My daughter has just said that it's like when Eastenders is struggling for ratings and brings back an old character. I've now got visions of Cameron as Nick Cotton, looming out from under a lamppost with an 'Allo Ma'!

 

[Guinness Boy]

Smart move bringing Cameron back at first sight. Up to the point where he walked away I thought he did a good job. Just a very sensible and honourable man who clearly cares. Didn't like the fact he walked away but understood why he did it. Will make an excellent Foreign Secretary.

Top bombing.

The c*** sold out the country to the unelected Farage.

 

[Dinner with Gotsmanov]

Can’t wait for Nick Clegg to comeback as well…..

 

[jcdenton08]

My daughter has just said that it's like when Eastenders is struggling for ratings and brings back an old character. I've now got visions of Cameron as Nick Cotton, looming out from under a lamppost with an 'Allo Ma'!

I would watch this. The idea of Dave trying to talk in his version of what he thinks “common” people sound like would be very special.

 

[nicko31]

One word

GREENSILL

 

[A1X]

Didn't think I'd get a chance to use this one again

 

[nicko31]

So in 12 months we have the following appointments

a) Unelected Head of State
b) Unelected PM
c) Unelected Foreign Sec

Taking back control !!!

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

who was then seen running away following that referendum,

TBF, once the referendum was lost he had to go.

His mistake was calling the referendum in the first place - and once calling it thinking a remain vote was a foregone conclusion.

 

[worthingweird]

So in 12 months we have the following appointments

a) Unelected Head of State
b) Unelected PM
c) Unelected Foreign Sec

Taking back control !!!

The King is the King... all we've got left.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Smart move bringing Cameron back at first sight. Up to the point where he walked away I thought he did a good job. Just a very sensible and honourable man who clearly cares. Didn't like the fact he walked away but understood why he did it. Will make an excellent Foreign Secretary.

So do I – and I don't get why people don't. Regardless of what happened after that day in June 2016, he campaigned for something that, ultimately, failed. He backed the wrong horse and you could argue it was a vote on his leadership, which went against him.

His position, IMO was untenable because, if he'd stayed on, the person running the country would be navigating it through a process that he ultimately didn't believe to be the right way forward. How – and why, to an extent – could he have stuck it out?

 

[stewart12]

from a constitutional perspective, would Cameron- presumably soon to be a member of the house of lords- be able to speak in the house of commons?

 

[Titanic]

from a constitutional perspective, would Cameron- presumably soon to be a member of the house of lords- be able to speak in the house of commons?

No. They will need to have a Minister who can speak in the House of Commons.

I think they are currently Andrew Mitchell and Anne-Marie Trevelyan, but this may well change.

 

[The Fits]

So he's going to remain in the house of lords but be on the frontbench of the house of commons, though presumably not physically. The man who brought us austerity and Brexit and is unelected. They're certainly going out in style.

 

[Stato]

Whilst we're welcoming back a 'sensible' politician to the latest gang of slef serving incompetent failures let's also remember that Cameron was responsible for giving first cabinet jobs to, among others, May, Gove, Truss, Patel, Hunt, Javid, Letwin, Hancock, Mordaunt, Leadsom & Raab. If you want to disarm a bomb, I suppose it might be useful asking for help from the bloke who wired and armed it in the first place, but at the same time, you might be wondering why he did it in the first place.

 

[The Fits]

Whilst we're welcoming back a 'sensible' politician to the latest gang of slef serving incompetent failures let's also remember that Cameron was responsible for giving first cabinet jobs to, among others, May, Gove, Truss, Patel, Hunt, Javid, Letwin, Hancock, Mordaunt, Leadsom & Raab. If you want to disarm a bomb, I suppose it might be useful asking for help from the bloke who wired and armed it in the first place, but at the same time, you might be wondering why he did it in the first place.

Victor Frankenstein being tasked with killing his monster.

 

[beorhthelm]

from a constitutional perspective, would Cameron- presumably soon to be a member of the house of lords- be able to speak in the house of commons?

junior minister will have to deal with the commons. as Foreign Secretary is so often away this is common, much less irregular than say Home Secretary. i reckon this and avoiding more reshuffling is behind this move.