Political watchers also saw the appointment of Cameron and the dismissal of Braverman as Sunak positioning himself to fight the next election on more centrist ground. Cameron quit as prime minister in 2016 after losing the Brexit referendum, standing down as an MP that year, before later becoming mired in a lobbying scandal that was seen as tarnishing his reputation. Cameron became mired in scandal in 2021, after lobbying the UK government for finance group Greensill Capital, which later collapsed. "Of course I have disagreed with some individual decisions, but politics is a team enterprise," he said, praising Sunak as a "good prime minister." Polling in September suggested 45 percent of UK adults felt unfavorably towards Cameron, while only around a quarter held a favorable view.

Source: Libya Today November 13, 2023 21:58 UTC