Sensational return to Downing Street for David Cameron . The former Tory prime minister, who led the government from 2010 to 2016, when he was overwhelmed in 2016 by the result of the referendum on Brexit which he himself had called, campaigning for no and losing, was today designated Foreign Minister by the prime minister Rishi Sunak .
Cameron, who had simultaneously announced his "retirement" from politics 7 years ago, was at the same time urgently co-opted into the non-elective House of Lords, which is in fact mandatory for members of the British government.
The decision came after the dismissal of the Interior Minister, the controversial Suella Braverman, a hawk of the anti-migrant Tory right . James Cleverly has been moved from Foreign Affairs to Home Affairs, and James Cameron has arrived at Foreign Affairs.
" I have disagreed with Rishi Sunak on some individual decisions in the past, but I know he is a strong and capable leader ", is the comment of Cameron, who reports that he accepted the position "out of a spirit of service to the country in a moment of dramatic global challenges".
Among the global challenges cited are " the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the crisis in the Middle East ", issues on which the United Kingdom "must act in close dialogue with its allies to make its voice forcefully heard".
(Unioneonline/L)