David Cameron's memoirs

Although I am furious with DC for landing us in this mess and then walking away, I do have to snigger at his descriptions of Johnson, Gove, Patel etc., and agree with what he says about all of them. Just a pity he didn't let the electorate in on this a few years back and didn't let the liars spin their stuff. He is a busted flush, a man without a future other than as the man who made an absolute arse of the referendum and then walked away.

Well he's not holding back is he - Gove, Johnson & Patel are the villains of the piece.

A bit of Blue on Blue verbal fisticuffs!

GrannyGravy13 and Pantglas1 have pretty much reflected my view on the
D Cameron Memoirs. I'll buy the book and be pleased the proceeds are going to charity.
I've problably read most political diaries, memoirs, bios and autobios over the last twenty odd years. Just finishing "The Prime Ministers" by Steve Richards.
In an interview with Steve Richards about ten days ago at the launch of his book his view was that D Cameron would not be memorable.

Thanks Pantglas, quite a wide range of political parties.

Agreed, David Cameron is not to blame for the current mess. Theresa May handled the negotiations badly from the start and wasted three years. The remainers have fought tooth and nail to stop Brexit from happening. So hardly surprising we are where we are.

The referendum leaflet made VERY clear all the dreadful consequences of leaving the EU. That leaflet may have put off many potential leave voters. And yet despite all that heavy handed remain propaganda the people STILL voted to leave. I think that says it all.

I don't think David Cameron expected the public to vote to leave the EU. At the time I felt his only option was to stand down, now I feel he wimped out. To match Ed Miliband, David Cameron said in his manifesto that he would have a referendum on the EU. He did what he promised

From what I heard on the news this morning, he doesn't regret calling the referendum Chewbacca

I agree Chesnut,
I do however think that there should be a 2nd ( are you sure )
Referendum.
I know many are against this, but it’s the only way folks can stop saying we didn’t know what we we’re going to get,( which is actually true) We should never have been asked to vote without knowing the full consequences of both the positives & negatives.

I shall not be reading anything written by him as I blame him for the mess we are in.

Rather a closed mind there?

Our relationship with the EU had been questionable for some time and it was clear in 2015 there was huge public demand for a referendum. Cameron could see which way the wind was blowing, so he promised a referendum in the Tory manifesto and won the 2015 election with a good majority as a result. He would not have won the 2015 election if he had not promised to deliver a referendum.

It is wrong to blame him for the current mess, a referendum was what the people wanted and it was the right thing to do.

I think the funniest was Alan Clark and the Barack Obama most interesting Fiachna50

I'd like to think that he woke up each morning feel more than a little depressed Smileless. I'd like to think that he was utterly and completely ashamed that his actions have ripped this country apart; set families and communities against each other and made us the laughing stock of the world. And then to feel even more ashamed that he ran away and hid and let others mop up the shit storm that he created.

But he's too far up his own backside to feel any of those things.

Tony Blair
John major
Edwina Currie
Bill Clinton
Barack Obama
Harriet Harmon
Alan Clark
Tony Benn

Apparently he wakes up every morning feeling a little depressed and worried about what's happening to our country, well join the club DC.

Although the majority of us aren't making a fortune and don't have to decide which of our 3 houses we'll be in this weekend.

I will not be reading his book. He knew what was going to happen after the referendum and got out before the trouble started.

I agree Grammaretto!

The thought that Cameron will make even one penny from his book would be enough to deter me from buying it.

Pantglas1(is that username Welsh?) If you don't mind me asking which other politicians memoirs have you read? Who did you find the most interesting?

I tend to read the memoirs of all politicians regardless of which party as I like to learn how they formed their views. There seems to be no clue in their backgrounds sometimes as to why they became tories or socialists and I find that fascinating.

If stupidity is a crime, he's a criminal in my book.
He chose to have a referendum and then promptly resigned to write his flippin memoirs.
Let me know if they're worth reading. Maybe it's exciting and he should have been a writer.

I’ve just read a bit of it - theres an article in the on line Daily Mail. More on Monday. I shan’t be buying the book.

As Anja implies, there's probably a lot more to this memoir than just his political career.

I don't know Mr Cameron or anything about him but I have found, reading other memoirs, that you certainly get a different perspective once you know a little more about a person's life, history and beliefs.

Is it just his political memoirs? People often forget he lost a much-loved child.

Wouldn’t buy a copy but would get it from the library to have a flick through. The way I remember it he won the election as their manifesto included the promise of a referendum. Whether or not the election was after he had gone cap in hand to the EU I cannot be sure.

I certainly wouldn't buy it, although the profits are going to charity.

I'll have a read of the serialisation in The Times - see what he's got to say for himself.

I wouldn't waste my time.