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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
John Crace

Sunak searches the gene puddle of Tory talent … and finds David Cameron

David Cameron
The last time David Cameron was seen at No 10 was in 2016 when he whistled his way back indoors after single-handedly wrecking the country. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images

Lifestyle choices can come at you fast these days. Only on Sunday, Suella Braverman was still home secretary. Free to demonstrate her self-absolution during the two-minute silence for Remembrance Sunday. A day later and she was sacked by a prime minister too weak to have done so when it might have made a difference. After she had had time to cheer on the division that she had done so much to provoke on the pro-Palestine march.

Now the time was Suella’s own. First to concentrate on the two-minute hate. Though it’s doubtful George Orwell’s time slot would be quite long enough for Suella to vent her fury at the world. She’d need at least a quarter of an hour. Even then she’d have to concentrate harder than she ever had before. Then to pack her tent and make herself homeless. There was nothing she enjoyed more than being abused or ignored. Though only for a while. Next there was the leadership bid to prepare. She would prove just how good a hater she was with her resignation letter. And if all else failed there was always I’m a Celebrity. Being homeless with a £1m paycheque was her kind of lifestyle choice.

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