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    One of Britain’s worst prime ministers returns

    David Cameron’s political renaissance is a peculiar one, given his record. A man who bungled British foreign policy will now help shape it once more.

    The Economist

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    David Cameron always looked the part. Even the most powerful man on Earth was taken aback by the ease with which the jacketless, tieless British prime minister behaved.

    Barack Obama, a former American president, noted that Mr Cameron “possessed an impressive command of the issues, a facility with language and the easy confidence of someone who’d never been pressed too hard by life”. Mr Cameron had the attributes to be an excellent prime minister: intelligence, diligence, a quick wit and a smooth manner. Instead, he managed to be one of the worst.

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