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Dave is Back!!!

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LadyMacB · 13/11/2023 10:00

Dave Cameron is back in the cabinet…. desperate throw of the dice or inspired move to limit the inevitable defeat?

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AmazingSnakeHead · 13/11/2023 11:18

SeethroughDress · 13/11/2023 10:08

That doesn’t even compute for me in terms of ‘damaging things DC has done’.

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I've been on MN too long because I was trying to work what dear chidlren could possibly have done that's worse than that!

oviedo · 13/11/2023 11:16

I think the same thing happened to Peter Mandelson

PeaceBreaksOut · 13/11/2023 11:16

GettinChillyHereFFS · 13/11/2023 10:04

The man fucked a pigs head. He should be no where near the leadership of this country.

He really didn't, and even if he did, it's so far down the list of things I'd criticise members of this government for that I'd be dead before I got to reading it out.

ohbaby24 · 13/11/2023 11:13

Completely strategic to appease the left.

Get rid of SB who isn't afraid to show her right wing colours and then bring in DC who would bleed labour red if you cut him in half whilst all the time trying to somehow, sneakily convince us the blood is blue.

I do wish these politicians had spines.

hideoushideoushideous · 13/11/2023 11:12

"The one positive is that Johnson must be absolutely seething."

Yes, brilliant.

I heard Johnson took himself off to Israel last week. Who knows what delusion he's labouring under. By the sound of it, he was ignored.

IvorTheEngineDriver · 13/11/2023 11:12

roarrfeckingroar · 13/11/2023 10:01

I'm glad to see him. I'm a long time Tory voter but of the centrist liberal variety, not the recent mess.

Another centerist liberal Tory here but I'd sooner see Corbyn in office than Dave back.

piscofrisco · 13/11/2023 11:11

They said Boris made that intern woman a lady didn't he-so nothing is surprising. Maybe she should be given a crack at a ministerial role?

Paul2023 · 13/11/2023 11:10

Didn’t Cameron say he no longer wanted to serve in Parliament after the Brexit vote though ?

BIossomtoes · 13/11/2023 11:10

Paul2023 · 13/11/2023 11:08

So Cameron will be a life peer with all those perks for life ? Turn up at the House of Lords and get paid ? Hundred of pounds a day ?

Just like numerous other senior politicians. Including Howard who would also have gone to war with Iraq had he been in power at the time.

JustEatTheOneInTheBallPit · 13/11/2023 11:10

David Cameron: Awarded life peerage by an unelected prime minister, so that he can walk into one of the most important jobs in government office and make decisions about our lives.

…. But at least we’re not still being ruled by those “undemocratic bureaucrats” in Brussels, eh?

GoingOffOnATangent · 13/11/2023 11:09

Locutus2000 · 13/11/2023 10:14

The man who started the current shitshow rewarded with a peerage and top government job.

This country is a banana republic at this point.

Sums it up for me 😠

Paul2023 · 13/11/2023 11:09

I wouldn’t be surprised if Sunak literally went through his entire phone book looking for a replacement.

pollyhemlock · 13/11/2023 11:09

The one positive is that Johnson must be absolutely seething.

hideoushideoushideous · 13/11/2023 11:09

Well I can only hope it's the start of the party swinging back to a more moderate ground.

Cameron did not orchestrate Brexit. He was a staunch remainer. He was forced into it by Farage and years of pressure from UKIP and the ERG element. I don't think he thought for one second people would be stupid enough to actually vote Brexit - that was his mistake.

It was FARAGE who resigned the day after the Brexit vote. Imagine spending a lifetime campaigning for something - then you achieve it, but rather than showing the way in the wondrous 'sovereignty', what did you do? Bugger off. The man is shameless.

Cameron was 100% clear that he would not continue his PM role in a Brexit Britain as he had obviously campaigned against this!

piscofrisco · 13/11/2023 11:09

Well hang on:if you can be made a Lord or Lady just like that and the be given high office-where do I apply to be the minister for social care? I've been a social worker for 23 years and I think I'm ready for the post!

NooNakedJacuzziness · 13/11/2023 11:08

Boris for Culture Secretary?

Channellingsophistication · 13/11/2023 11:08

Desperate measures - I always thought DC was the worst Prime Minister ever but no longer with Boris and Liz who can fight that one out.

Paul2023 · 13/11/2023 11:08

So Cameron will be a life peer with all those perks for life ? Turn up at the House of Lords and get paid ? Hundred of pounds a day ?

EatYourVegetables · 13/11/2023 11:07

FUUUUUUCK!!!

Who’s next - BJ?

MaggieFS · 13/11/2023 11:06

They do normally, but there's been a bit of a hold up of late, because no one wants to be the PM who dares make Blair a lord after the Iraq scandal.

Cameron has just skipped the queue!

Paul2023 · 13/11/2023 11:06

UrsulaBelle · 13/11/2023 11:03

Ex PMs do usually get made life peers eventually. eg Baroness Thatcher

Gordon Brown and John Major haven’t as yet

UrsulaBelle · 13/11/2023 11:03

Ex PMs do usually get made life peers eventually. eg Baroness Thatcher

CrispsandCheeseSandwich · 13/11/2023 11:02

Paul2023 · 13/11/2023 10:59

Why does Cameron even want the job ? War in Ukraine? War in Gaza?…

He could get another job for much less stress.

Being made a life peer in return for a few months work before the next election.

Paul2023 · 13/11/2023 10:59

Why does Cameron even want the job ? War in Ukraine? War in Gaza?…

He could get another job for much less stress.

CrispsandCheeseSandwich · 13/11/2023 10:58

Paul2023 · 13/11/2023 10:52

Why was Cameron made a Lord though? I could say the same for many ex MPs but why?

He no longer an MP. I didn’t think he could be in the cabinet as a non MP?

Surely this is going backwards not forwards? He ran as soon as the leave vote won.

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He's not currently a lord. He's being made a Lord solely so he can hold this position

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