In a strange and perhaps somewhat capricious moment after his resignation was announced in front of Number 10 Downing Street on 11 July 2016 – although this had ended on the 13th after the final Question session with ‘Prime Minister’ David Cameron was captured on camera humming a tune as he returned to Parliament – the official residence.
The footage shows Cameron singing to herself as she walks out the door and upon arriving, she is heard saying “Okay” as she removes the microphone that had inadvertently captured this private musical interlude. There was speculation about the tune at the time, with some suggesting it resembled the opening notes of ‘The West Wing’ theme, although ITV political editor Robert Peston suggested it could have been a Winnie-style tune. Pooh. That careless hum, which lasted only a few seconds, sparked a flood of comments on social media, with journalist Alastair Stewart wondering on then Twitter (now X) whether Cameron was humming the theme to ‘The Dam Busters’.
Classic FM, a British radio station, even went so far as to analyze the notes and describe them as “Beethovenian” with a touch of “Wagnerian pomp”. The apparently calm attitude of the then ‘Prime Minister’ in that brief musical moment led some on Twitter to interpret it as a sign that he was happy to leave Downing Street. ,someone is happy to work with this country“Another user of the social network wrote, because Cameron was ready to hand over the reins to Theresa May.
Cannot sleep
That humming interlude added a touch of lightness to a moment that was not only historic, but extremely serious, in which the United Kingdom turned the page on its relationship with the European Union and, by a slim majority, decided to divorce, resulting in Still exist. .are developing.
After leaving office, Cameron wrote his memoirs, titled ‘For the Record’ and published in 2019. The same year, in an interview with ‘The Times’ in which he talked about his book, he admitted that the consultation was the result of left her “extremely depressed” And he “thought about it” every day. They risked everything and lost, believing that the British would prefer to remain in the EU. He admitted that he even had trouble sleeping at night as a result.
However, seven years later, Cameron is sleeping peacefully again. So much so that he has made a triumphant return to the front lines of politics as Foreign Minister in Rishi Sunak’s government. In his first interview after his surprise return, he confessed to a Sky News journalist: “I know it’s unusual for a Prime Minister to return like this, but I believe in public service.” “Politics is a team effort,” he said, and “I have decided to join this team because I believe Rishi Sunak is a good Prime Minister doing a hard job at a difficult time” and “ I want to support them.”
Cameron, who held the post from 2010 until his resignation in 2016, has largely stayed out of the public spotlight and politics since then, but has now become the first former prime minister to re-enter government since the 1970s . “I hope to serve six years as Prime Minister and eleven years as head of the Conservative Party Provide me with experience, contacts, relationships and knowledge Useful tools that can help the Prime Minister build our coalitions, build partnerships with our friends, deter our enemies and keep our country strong,” he said.
Cameron, who held the position from 2010 until his resignation in 2016, has avoided the public spotlight and politics.
He began his new position outside the borders with a visit to Ukraine, where on Thursday he met with President Volodymyr Zelensky, to whom he reaffirmed the United Kingdom’s moral, economic and military support. “Personally, I wanted this to be my first visit,” he said, which was pretty much a declaration of intentions. He decided to help Sunak at a time when war is ravaging the Middle East and Ukraine, and when the British territory faces its own “huge challenges”, he said.
However, just because he stayed away from politics does not mean that he was completely out of the public eye. After his resignation, he focused on activities related to With the promotion of philanthropy and education, particularly through the David Cameron Foundation, and, like all former prime ministers, he was also involved in discussion forums on political and economic issues. But following his appointment, he reported that he resigned from his various positions at companies and charitable organizations, including the Alzheimer’s Society, to devote himself to his new mission.
To Professor Anand Menon, director of the think tank UK in a Changing Europe, “If Rishi Sunak was looking for a way to distract from Suella Braverman’s sacking”, the Home Secretary was sacked for accusing the police of being biased towards supporters. done. Palestinian activists wrote an unauthorized article in The Times, which was “quite successful”.
But this expert also assures that although “Cameron is no stranger to the world of diplomacy, he still has to step up. And this will be more true than elsewhere in Europe. Moreover, he points out that ” The United Kingdom has cooperated closely with the European Union regarding Ukraine. And the new foreign minister is expected to maintain the tacit rapprochement started during the Sunak government.
However, he believes that “the problem is that Cameron was never very good playing european games», So they face a significant challenge, because “they will need to work together with the Europeans.” Not least because, in his own words (from 2016), the dangerous international situation Britain faces today means that the closest possible cooperation with our European neighbors is not an optional extra: it is essential. “We need to stay united.”
But what does Cameron’s appointment as Foreign Secretary mean for British foreign policy? For Professor Richard G. Whitman of the same organisation, “David Cameron’s unexpected appointment of Rishi Sunak as Foreign Secretary comes at a time of relative stability in the foreign policy of the United Kingdom after Brexit” and, “except in political and party management, The ideas underpinning the appointment are that the government has imported significant experience in foreign and security policy with the appointment of Cameron, who has “experience in UK diplomacy at the highest levels, including forums such as the G7, NATO and the UN”.
various failures
However, he points out that “his experience in international affairs is not undisputed and was marked by several foreign policy failures, including the intervention in Libya and the failure in a crucial vote in the House of Commons on the intervention in Syria.” Which “adds a certain irony that Cameroon is now in charge Further rebuilding EU-UK relations, And Cameron’s previous experience in office, when Britain was a member of the EU, will be less useful now that Britain is in a third country relationship.”
Experts also warn that, with his return to the front line, “Cameron may seek to use this position to rehabilitate his political image by becoming an energetic and visible face of British diplomacy,” but “the United Kingdom It is much more beneficial for.” “The United States will continue to rehabilitate its post-Brexit foreign policy by focusing on attracting attention for its skillful diplomacy rather than providing a platform for the restoration of an individual’s reputation.
Other voices, even within the party, view the withdrawal with dismay. This is the case of the Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, who declared to the press that “from the Conservatives’ point of view to be able win the next election“It’s a mistake because Suella understood what the British voter was thinking and she was trying to do something about it.” “I feel like the prime minister is not as in tune with the concerns of voters as Suella Braverman,” he said, who had won support from right-wing voters.