The Latest Breaking News from David Cameron

From winning an election promising to ‘get Brext done’ through Covid-19 and Partygate, the former prime minister made plenty of mistakes, writes Andrew Woodcock. Now he has been replaced by Liz Truss

It is the first leadership election since 2001 where the winner did not receive a majority of votes from Tory MPs.

It is the first leadership election since 2001 where the winner did not receive a majority of votes from Tory MPs.

Some of these are pretty surprising

Turnover of prime ministers has sped up in recent decades.

Prime ministers have taken very different approaches to blending home and work life at Downing Street

Political leadership at the highest level is largely beyond the control of the leader. The long campaign, by which the members of the Conservative Party chose the new prime minister on behalf of all of us, came to its conclusion today. The campaign has been dominated by the least important…

He’s clearly not in the Churchill or Thatcher first class, and his personal flaws and precipitate fall from power means he’s demoted below the likes of Blair and Wilson in the second division. However, Brexit and his election success put him above May and Cameron, writes Sean O’Grady

He’s clearly not in the Churchill or Thatcher first class, and his personal flaws and precipitate fall from power means he’s demoted below the likes of Blair and Wilson in the second division. However, Brexit and his election success put him above May and Cameron, writes Sean O’Grady

He will wish the new prime minister every success while aching for her to fail

Hugh O’Leary’s absence could be a sign that our politics is growing up, tiring of pantomime