David Cameron has left 10 Downing St. to go to Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation as prime minister.
Cameron said Wednesday it was the “greatest honor” of his life to serve as prime minister. Surrounded by his wife and children, Nancy, Elwen and Florence, Cameron offered an assessment of his tenure saying he left the country stronger and better off.
He wished his successor Theresa May luck in her negotiations to have Britain leave the European Union — the matter that caused his demise.
He posed for images in front the shiny black door, waved, and embarked on the brief trip to the palace.
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Now that’s out of the way, I think history in an inadvertent way will be nicer to Cameron after he’s gone. He got ahead of both Labour and the Liberal Democrats during that hung parliament situation that clearly went the way that it was supposed to go.
He won a second term and totally smashed up any chances that Nick Clegg of even having a lesser role as dog catcher.
He got over on the Scottish nationalists. Now he is likely (and temporarily) still on Salmond and Stugeon’s ‘to-do’ list, but seeing how peeved they were at that triple threat of Johnson, Farage and ironically Trump; that part of Brexit exactly went the way that it was supposed to go.
He kept Scotland in the union. Like a dog chasing after, getting and bringing back the tennis ball, good job Dave, good job.
His ally is now the PM. Now May might unravel everything from the first minute on, but Cameron’s next concern will likely be from a wine list.
Again good job Dave, good job.
If nothing else he’s left a memorable legacy. Not quite the Shrubya/Blair level but — absent shooting someone in the face — a legacy nonetheless.