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Cameron’s return to politics highlights the UK’s democratic deficit

Cameron’s plot-twist appointment as foreign secretary shows why we urgently need increased devolution

Cameron’s return to politics highlights the UK’s democratic deficit
David Cameron arrives at Downing Street this week for his first cabinet meeting since being appointed foreign secretary on Monday – despite holding no public office at the time | Leon Neal/Getty Images
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This week saw the UK’s unelected prime minister phone a former prime minister, who resigned as an MP seven years ago, to have a conversation that may or may not have gone something like this:

“Hi Dave, you up to much at the moment?”

“Oh, not too much since Greensill Capital went belly up and I lost my £1m salary. Shame you couldn’t sort those Covid loans out for me.”