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    Watch: David Cameron enters Downing Street as foreign secretary for first cabinet meeting

    Lord David Cameron entered Downing Street as foreign secretary in Rishi Sunak’s cabinet for the first time on Tuesday, 14 November.In Monday’s dramatic reshuffle after Suella Braverman was sacked as home secretary, the prime minister gave the former Conservative leader a peerage to bring him back from political wilderness.Lord Cameron was back around the cabinet table on Tuesday for the first time since he stood down as prime minister and quit as an MP after losing the Brexit referendum in 2016.Former minister Dame Andrea Jenkyns submitted a letter of no confidence in Mr Sunak as a result of the decision. More

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    Iain Duncan Smith demands answers over David Cameron’s links to China

    Sir Iain Duncan Smith questioned Lord David Cameron’s appointment by Rishi Sunak as foreign secretary as “it appears he’s being paid by the Chinese government to promote certain things.”Speaking to GB News on Monday (13 November), the Conservative party leader said he had “concerns” about Lord Cameron, before recalling how he was sanctioned by China in 2021 for what it said were “lies and disinformation” about alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang.Under Lord Cameron’s leadership there was a “golden era” of UK-China cooperation, something Mr Sunak described as “naive” last year following growing tensions with Beijing. More

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    Piers Morgan asks Jeremy Corbyn 12 times if Hamas are terror organisation

    Piers Morgan clashed with Jeremy Corbyn in a fractious TalkTV interview on Monday night (13 November), in which the host repeatedly questioned the former Labour leader on Hamas.In the space of two minutes, Mr Morgan asked 12 times: “Are Hamas a terror group?”Mr Corbyn, the Islington North MP, responded by repeatedly calling for a ceasefire.Over the course of the whole interview, Mr Corbyn was asked a total of 38 times if he thinks Hamas should stay in power and if he would call them a terror group. More

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    Watch: David Cameron breaks silence on his return to cabinet: ‘It’s not usual’

    Former Prime Minister David Cameron has spoken for the first time since his appointment as the UK’s Foreign Secretary.Mr Cameron was appointed to his new role by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in his cabinet reshuffle, following Suella Braverman’s exit on Monday (13 November).Speaking to Sky News, Mr Cameron said: “I know it’s not usual for a Prime Minister to come back in this way but I believe in public service. The Prime Minister asked me to do this job and it’s a time where we have some daunting challenges as a country.”Mr Cameron added: “I hope that six years as Prime Minister and 11 years leading the Conservative Pary gives me the experience to help the Prime Minister build our alliances.” More

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    Kay Burley says David Cameron has ‘put on weight’ during live TV broadcast amid Cabinet reshuffle

    Kay Burley commented that David Cameron had “put on weight” during a live TV broadcast on Monday, 13 November, as the former prime minister arrived at Downing Street amid Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet reshuffle.The shock appointment came following the sacking of the home secretary Suella Braverman.Former foreign secretary James Cleverly has replaced Ms Braverman.After Mr Cameron emerged from a car outside Number 10, the broadcaster and Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates commented on his career since stepping down from the top post.Ms Burley was heard saying Mr Cameron had “put on weight.” More

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    Suella Braverman sacked: Watch former home secretary’s most controversial moments

    Following the announcement of former home secretary Suella Braverman’s sacking on Monday (13 November), The Independent has taken a long at her most controversial moments in government.From her unauthorised article criticising the way pro-Palestinian protests had been policed, to her comments that for many “living in a tent” had become a “lifestyle choice”, Ms Braverman has hit the headlines on many occasions.Just last month, she told Sky News: “Trans women have no place in women’s wards or indeed any safe space relating to biologial women.”On 3 October, she issued an “apology to all dogs” after she was pictured standing on a dog at a Tory Party conference. More

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    Danny Dyer’s David Cameron rant resurfaces after ex-PM becomes foreign secretary: ‘In Nice with his trotters up’

    Danny Dyer’s expletive-laden criticism of David Cameron, accusing him of having his “trotters up” in France after Brexit, has resurfaced following the announcement that the former prime minister was appointed as foreign secretary in Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet reshuffle on Monday, 13 November.The actor appeared Good Morning Britain in 2018, launching into a rant about Mr Cameron, who stepped down from frontline politics following the vote.“I haven’t got a clue what f****** Brexit is,” Dyer said.“What’s happened to that t*** David Cameron who called it on? He’s in Nice with his trotters up. He should be held accountable for it.” More

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    James Cleverly enters Downing Street after Suella Braverman sacked as home secretary

    James Cleverly entered 10 Downing Street after Suella Braverman was sacked as home secretary on Monday, 13 November.Rishi Sunak asked Ms Braverman to step down after she wrote an article claiming that Metropolitan Police favouritism had stopped far-right protests but permitted “pro-Palestine mobs” to rally, ahead of the Gaza march which took place on Armistice Day in London.The foreign secretary was seen entering Number 10 as Mr Sunak conducted a Cabinet reshuffle of his top team after days of pressure to axe Ms Braverman. More