Rishi Sunak's Struggle To Name Cameron's Foreign Achievement Sparks Laughter

The question came after the Sunak stunned Westminster by making David Cameron the new foreign secretary.

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Nov 15, 2023 - 22:14
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Rishi Sunak's Struggle To Name Cameron's Foreign Achievement Sparks Laughter

Members of Parliament in the House of Commons laughed when the British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, was asked about David Cameron's best foreign policy achievement. Cameron recently became the Foreign Secretary. He left his role as Prime Minister and resigned as a Member of Parliament after the Brexit referendum in 2016, and now he's in the House of Lords.

When Labour MP Kevin Brennan asked him, "What would he say was David Cameron's finest foreign policy achievement?"

Sunak replied: "There's many, many to pick from, but what I would say is that under his leadership, this country hosted what was widely considered to be one of the most successful G8 summits of recent times."

Kevin Brennan shared the moment on X with a caption that read, "Rishi Sunak boasted that David Cameron has unprecedented experience. I asked the PM what he thought was David Cameron's finest foreign policy achievement. Can he even name one?"

The inquiry arose when Sunak surprised Westminster by appointing David Cameron as the new foreign secretary.

According to the BBC, Rishi Sunak was pressed on his decision to appoint former PM David Cameron as foreign secretary, with MPs raising his association with the Greensill scandal and his former role with a China-UK investment fund. Sunak defended Cameron's appointment, saying the former prime minister would go through the normal vetting process for ministers and had "unrivalled experience in foreign affairs."

Sunak said Cameron would go through the normal vetting process, had "unrivalled experience in foreign affairs" and that, under him, the UK "hosted one of the most successful G8 summits of recent times".

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