Foreign secretary talks up party’s prospects – and his ‘very good boss’ Rishi Sunak – on morning broadcast round
Good morning. David Cameron, the foreign secretary and former prime minister, has been touring the studios this morning doing an interview round on behalf of No 10. When he made his surprise comeback to cabinet in November last year, there were suggestions that he might be doing quite a lot of this, as a general spokesperson for the government, because he is such a good communicator. But perhaps he’s a bit too good for No 10’s taste. Sunak’s team won’t have been happy about George Osborne, Cameron’s friend and former chancellor, describing him on his podcast recently as “acting like the British prime minister” on the world stage. According to Politico, this is the first time since his appointment Cameron has done a weekday morning broadcast round.
Cameron’s main message has been to urge Israel not to reliate after the mass missile and drone attack from Iran on Saturday night was repulsed almost entirely. Israel should “take the win”, he said (using President Biden’s phrase). Cameron told Times Radio:
The best thing to do in the case of Israel is to recognise this has been a failure for Iran.
And so they should, as President Biden has said to them, as it were, take the win and then move on to focus on how to eradicate Hamas in Gaza and how to get those hostages free …
I prefer to point to the example of Unai Emery for [Aston] Villa yesterday who looked like they were on a losing run against Arsenal and in the last few minutes slotted into two. So anything is possible in football as in politics.
And I will be doing everything I can to help Prime Minister Sunak. He’s a very good boss to have. He’s the brightest person in the room, a brain the size of a planet, works incredibly hard, doing good things for this country at a difficult time. Inflation is coming down, interest rates are falling, taxes are coming down. We’ve got a plan, the other lot haven’t, and I can’t wait to get on the campaign trail.
None. I’m not applying for this job [being PM]. I’m very happy to be working as foreign secretary.
