2023-11-13 19:19:00
Conservative David Cameron was British Prime Minister for six years, from 2010 to 2016. As such, he initiated the Brexit referendum – which, as is well known, did not produce the desired result for EU supporter Cameron with 52 percent in favor of leaving the EU. He resigned and disappeared from daily politics.
Now Cameron is celebrating a political comeback: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is making him Foreign Secretary. “The Prime Minister asked me to serve as his Foreign Minister and I happily accepted,” reacted the 57-year-old former Prime Minister.
The reason for Cameron’s return is a government reshuffle that began with Sunak firing the controversial Home Secretary Suella Braverman on Monday. The previous Foreign Minister James Cleverly takes over their office, Cameron in turn takes over Cleverly’s.
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Braverman himself was taciturn. “It was the greatest honor of my life to be Home Secretary,” she said of her dismissal, according to the BBC. The decidedly right-wing politician had repeatedly provoked controversy. Most recently, over the weekend, she accused the police of being “blind in the left eye” and ignoring “pro-Palestinian mobs.” Braverman often railed once morest immigration with drastic words, advocated an extremely tough line once morest migrants and the plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, and in September questioned the United Nations Refugee Convention.
The Tories are in deep crisis ahead of next year’s general election: polls show the opposition Labor Party clearly ahead with a lead of around 20 percentage points. There is speculation in London that Braverman may have provoked her expulsion himself. She is considered a promising candidate for the party leadership if the Conservatives lose the election as expected and Sunak has to leave 10 Downing Street.
There are considerable doubts that Cameron’s return might give the government a boost. Queen Mary University of London politics professor Tim Bale said Cameron’s return to government was “an expression of the desperation that surrounds this government. It’s hard to imagine that this will impress voters,” regardless of their views on the EU -Britain’s exit, Bale said. Proponents of Brexit feel contempt for Cameron because of his support for remaining in the EU, opponents because he held the lost EU referendum.
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