David Cameron 'to obey collective responsibility as Foreign Secretary'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : Theresa May posted on the X social media site: 'Congratulations to @DavidCameron on his return to government.
59% : She insisted that other women were getting good jobs in Government, saying: 'You will see a lot of women rising up the ranks today.
58% : Further action is necessary.'Lord Cameron's seismic appointment as Foreign Secretary marks the first time in more than 50 years that a former PM has returned to Government to serve under a successor.
55% : Looking forward to working together again!'Lord Cameron is the first former prime minister to return to government since Alec Douglas-Home.
54% : Cameron needs a peerage to join CabinetDavid Cameron's appointment as Foreign Secretary marks the first time in more than 50 years that a former PM has returned to Government to serve under a successor.
54% : That is what first motivated me to get involved in politics in the 1980s, to work in government in the 1990s, become a member of Parliament in the 2000s and put myself forward as party leader and prime minister.'
51% : The Conservatives announced the reshuffle was starting with a message on social media saying Mr Sunak is 'strengthening his team... to deliver long-term decisions for a brighter future'.Lower down the food chain, health minister Neil O'Brien and long-serving education minister Nick Gibb have announced they are leaving government.
51% : 'I also look forward to hearing the Government's proposals on how the Foreign Secretary will be properly accountable to this House.'The Institute for Government's senior researcher Dr Alice Lilly said it was 'highly unusual' for secretaries of state to serve in the Lords - the last was Baroness Morgan as culture secretary as an interim measure in 2019-20.
50% : 'While I have been out of front-line politics for the last seven years, I hope that my experience - as Conservative Leader for eleven years and Prime Minister for six - will assist me in helping the Prime Minister to meet these vital challenges.'Jeremy Hunt is staying as Chancellor with barely a week until the Autumn Statement, meaning that all four Great Offices of State are now held by men.
50% : I accept the Cabinet collective responsibility that comes with that.'Downing Street dismissed 'tick-box diversity' as it defended four privately educated men now holding the great offices of state.
49% : 'After Adonis and Mandelson, the Lords put in place procedures to ensure that Secretaries of State in the Lords would have to answer questions in the Lords in the same way that they would do in the Commons, so I expect that will happen again,' Dr Lilly said.
48% : A Downing Street source said: 'Rishi Sunak has asked Suella Braverman to leave government and she has accepted.'
47% : 'We have a PM that voted Brexit, believed in it, has championed it, so that's what we're focused on.'Asked if Lord Cameron believes in Brexit, she said: 'Yes, of course.
44% : With the Tories riven by rows over EU membership since at least 1992's Maastricht Treaty he decided to get the hardliners to put up or shut up.
39% : We are making Brexit a success.'In an interview this evening, Lord Cameron told broadcasters: 'On the whole, as an ex-prime minister, I've tried to keep quiet about politics, stay out of politics.
38% : He will face a more complex and unstable world on his return to Government as Foreign Secretary, with crises across the globe demanding his attention.
37% : DC had to resign because he failed to stand up to the EU and is completely gutless, he won't be able to address the HOC at questions whilst we are actually witnessing two major conflicts and finally he is an unelected FS appointed by an unelected PM.
32% : As prime minister, Lord Cameron deployed UK troops to train Ukrainian forces in 2015 following Russia's seizure of Crimea, which he described as a 'flagrant breach of international law'.
32% : As prime minister, Lord Cameron deployed UK troops to train Ukrainian forces in 2015 following Russia's seizure of Crimea, which he described as a 'flagrant breach of international law'.

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