Cameron for next Tory leader?

[DearSilverGirl]

I keep seeing this discussed and wondered what others think. I'm not a Conservative so wouldn't vote for them either way but it's amazing to me that his name is back in the hat.

I suppose positives are he's not a far right nut, he's reasonably statesman-like, he's associated with an era of relative competence and (unlike a lot of them) he won't lose his seat at the next election because he doesn't have one. Also people have heard of him, which doesn't sound much but it's amazing how low recognition is for a lot of people, even among party members.

But he must be very unpopular with Brexiteers, he's unpopular with Remainers (although are there any left in the Tories?) and can they really get away with a leader on the HoL in 2024?

is he up for it though? He's been there, done it, got the t-shirt (and the peerage). He might not want to go back into all of that again, however good/bad we think he might be at the job.

George Osborne says that austerity was a mistake.

This is a man who, in the face of the debacle of his entire career, wrote a book about himself, accepted a peerage and took the role of Foreign Secretary.

His arrogance, sense of entitlement and certainty that his class of boy was born to rule give every indication that, if the chance arose, he'd jump at the chance to be PM again.

The fool who gave us austerity, Brexit, hug-a-hoodie, the Big Society - aka volunteering (who ever knew that already existed!)? If he recommends one course of action, I'll probably plump for the one he discarded.

That's a no from me then.

Does he? I listened to him being interviewed for a podcast a year ago and he was defending it then. Infuriating!!

47% of the votes is actually a minority. Think the other parties need to group together strategically first the general election and put forward one candidate.

Cameron competent? Are you having a laugh?

Who gave us the referendum? That worked out well. As did austerity

Cameron was the last Conservative MP I actually voted for BUT then Brexit, which I will forever loathe him for.
I wont be voting Conservative again unless its a completely different party

I actually got to see him give a "Cameron Direct" before the 2010 election at a local school. The video of this one wasn't put up on CCHQ. He was there for about 30 minutes and lost control of the discussion about 10 seconds in.

In his defence it was clear there was "something" going on, as despite everyone who asked a question having a job and a house, they all seemed concerned about people that hadn't got one or the other "because of them". The one time he got to speak about the NHS, an anaesthetist from South Africa asked why they should stay in the UK since we hated foreigners.

I think we know how that ended.

Witney constituency would have him back in an instant. He was a good local MP as well as being high profile. Robert Courts is terrible.

On a serious note, if Cameron were to become an MP, then it should be the final nail in the coffin of the House of Lords as a part of government. No need to abolish it - we all need to see what robes and furs look like "on". But they can fuck off with their power over us.

I liked him, I think making him Foreign Secretary was a great call but he’d need a by election in the next couple of weeks and frankly I think the country needs to move on from the Brexit era. I think the part not behind it can build a better relationship with Europe but still out of the EU and the next Tory government, which may not be for 10+ years needs to have left it in the past.