David Cameron

[Streathamite]

Balfour was already in trouble, though, whereas Cameron was only a year into the majority Tory government some people thought would never happen again and pretty much unassailable.

Mind, it was putting the referendum in the manifesto which probably won him that majority. he was actually banking on another hung Parl, so he could say, "Oh I really wanted to do this, but the Libs wouldn't let me".
He must have been horrified on election night.

 

[Pickman's model]

Mind, it was putting the referendum in the manifesto which probably won him that majority. he was actually banking on another hung Parl, so he could say, "Oh I really wanted to do this, but the Libs wouldn't let me".
He must have been horrified on election night.

We were all horrified on election night

 

[Streathamite]

We were all horrified on election night

Well, yes, true!

 

[Roadkill]

Mind, it was putting the referendum in the manifesto which probably won him that majority. he was actually banking on another hung Parl, so he could say, "Oh I really wanted to do this, but the Libs wouldn't let me".
He must have been horrified on election night.

Oh definitely. The real mistake was promising a referendum in 2013(?), IIRC against the advice of George Osborne and others.

 

[Sprocket.]

I think Cameron’s real relevance is shown by it taking fifteen years to get to page 2 on an urban thread about him.

 

[Dogsauce]

Reckon he’d have made a better fist of dealing with Covid than Johnson, though that’s a pretty low bar.

 

[maomao]

Reckon he’d have made a better fist of dealing with Covid than Johnson, though that’s a pretty low bar.

My left nut could do a better job than that prick Johnson.

 

[Raheem]

Reckon he’d have made a better fist of dealing with Covid than Johnson, though that’s a pretty low bar.

I'm not sure I want to spend too much time thinking about who, between Johnson and Cameron, would make a better fist.

 

[Pickman's model]

I'm not sure I want to spend too much time thinking about who, between Johnson and Cameron, would make a better fist.

Cameron of course, who has form for fisting farmyard animals

 

[Streathamite]

Oh definitely. The real mistake was promising a referendum in 2013(?), IIRC against the advice of George Osborne and others.

Yes, I think May and Hague also said 'for God's sake don't do this'.

 

[marty21]

Can anyone think of another Prime Minister who destroyed his or her own career as stupidly and spectacularly as Cameron?

Apart, possibly, from Eden betting the farm on Suez I can't think of a single one.

Boris is aiming to out do him

 

[brogdale]

Can anyone think of another Prime Minister who destroyed his or her own career as stupidly and spectacularly as Cameron?

Apart, possibly, from Eden betting the farm on Suez I can't think of a single one.

Heath's Feb '74 punt on a "Who governs Britain?" General Election (reader, it wasn't to be him) must come close...thought the implications of the outcome for the country were benign compared to the shitshow in the wake of Cameron's implosion.

 

[Roadkill]

Heath's Feb '74 punt on a "Who governs Britain?" General Election (reader, it wasn't to be him) must come close...thought the implications of the outcome for the country were benign compared to the shitshow in the wake of Cameron's implosion.

I thought about that one, but Heath would have had to call an election fairly soon. He bollocked up the timing and the slogan left him with egg all over his face, but I don't think it was such a self-inflicted catastrophe as Cameron's referendum.