He was the future once.”That vision of change launched Mr. Cameron on his way to becoming Prime Minister in 2010 — the youngest in 200 years. Indian-origin Employment Minister, Priti Patel, can expect a promotion from a junior ministerial role. Then the newly elected Conservative Opposition leader, he taunted embattled Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair: “I want to talk about the future. Six years later, he is leaving office under the shadow of Britain's impending exit from the European Union. On a day Britain got its second ever woman Prime Minister, David Cameron bowed out of Parliament as PM on Wednesday with a poignant echo on his own career, leaving with the line: “I was the future once.”In his final appearance at Prime Minister's questions in the House of Commons, Mr. Cameron recalled his own famous line from his first appearance in the theatrical weekly sparring session 11 years ago.

Source: The Hindu July 13, 2016 16:25 UTC