The fucker who decided to call a non-binding (and very ill-defined) referendum on whether the UK should leave the EU, made a major campaign because he wanted to stay in office, promised he'd shepherd the UK through Leave it if went through, accidentally won, decided it was absolutely binding, and then promptly fucked off for the exit? That fucker? Who the hell decided he needed anything other than eternal ignominy?
Ex-PM David Cameron appointed foreign secretary in Cabinet reshuffle
Submitted 1 year ago by BigChungus@sh.itjust.works to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-67370421
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athos77@kbin.social 1 year ago
rynzcycle@kbin.social 1 year ago
The other day I sat a glass of milk on the counter next to my cat, and told her NOT to push it off. Well she did, so I went out and let my wife know she should probably clean it up.
(This did not happen, if it did I'd be divorced or dead... Probably dead.)
BigChungus@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
About near fell off my chair in shock at this one - seems like even the news outlets are a wee bit surprised too
tal@lemmy.today 1 year ago
Yeah. I wonder how many PMs have been called back to serve in other minesterial positions after their term as PM is done?
BigChungus@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Oh for sure, it’s more about who it is than the fact it’s happened at all. Cameron quietly slipped away after the Brexit vote and used his position to lobby for a number of his business interests, like Illumina. However, a I know a number of Tory voters who still love him and have him up there as the best the party has had in a long time.
It kind of feels like the Tories are scrambling to find a face who a lot of their disenfranchised base don’t immediately hate, especially after Patel and Braverman have been so reviled. It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out before the election - wonder if Cameron has any intentions of running for leadership again.
Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 1 year ago
John Quincy Adams went back into Congress after being President but unless I’m missing someone I don’t believe any US President has ever become a minister after serving.
snaprails@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Diplomats across the world currently polishing up their “pig poking” jokes.
Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Come on, sing it with me: poking, porking, forking, fucking!
Twig@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
And pork markets
deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 1 year ago
He wasn’t even a good PM, and now …
I’m still pissed that they/he screwed over the Alternative Vote referendum - a path to the Proportion Representation.
Looks like we’re heading to a zealous two party system, like the States to me. That’s never a good idea. The two parties are both trying to claim the middle ground but both are incompetent.
That doesn’t matter to them: in a two party system, not-the-other-one is a legitimate voting basis.
HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Come on now: Cameron was the best PM we’ve had for the last 5.
deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Liking your style, Derek.
anteaters@feddit.de 1 year ago
So how secure is the Queen’s body? Any chance of her coming back, too?
Jaysyn@kbin.social 1 year ago
Deck chairs on the Titanic.
thehatfox@lemmy.world 1 year ago
An unelected Prime Minister appointing an unelected Foreign Secretary, who is himself a disgraced former Prime Minister.
Couldn’t make it up.
lud@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Are Foreign Secretaries often elected? As far as I know the UK elects a party and not Prime Ministers.
It might seem stupid (and it probably is) but the party is elected and they elect their prime minister.
UK should have a reelection though considering how fucked up everything is.
guriinii@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Are the rest of the Tory MPs so shit they have to bring back a disgraced ex-Prime Minister that actually ruined foreign relations?
HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You would have thought that with that thumping 80-seat majority they’d have a deep bench?