It is not every day that a former prime minister is summoned to answer questions relating to his personal conduct by no less than two parliamentary committees.
When Labour MP Rushanara Ali told former Prime Minister of Britain, David Cameron, “You were the future once,” during a virtual Zoom call, one of the most beloved PMs of the UK stood still. As Asian MPs who once sang praises of the erstwhile leader started to question Cameron for his alleged involvement in the Greensill Capital Lobbying affair, Cameron probably wished that he had never taken a dig at Tony Blair in 2005.
“You’re famously known as Teflon man, you’re a great survivor. Your reputation is now in tatters, Mr Cameron. There really isn’t a road map for an ex-prime minister, particularly for a younger one,” ” said Ali and she did not mean it as a compliment.
“The former Conservative prime minister endured the darkest of days on June 24 2016 after presiding over the UK’s referendum vote to leave the EU, but yesterday (May 15) he suffered a ritual humiliation at the hands of MPs,” The Times reported.
Cameron’s aim to help small businesses during Covid-19 fell flat because after -all he wasn’t using his own bank balance.
“I was not employed by Greensill as a lobbyist. That was not intended to be part of my role,” Cameron said. He further claimed that his role at Greensill was about winning new business and offering sound geo-political advice, defending himself that this did not strike him about the company’s impending collapse.
Times went on to report that David Cameron answered questions from MPs a few days ago, and it was hard not to recall that he once promised transparency in public life. History is likely to judge that Britain in the 21st century was anything but open and transparent. And it’s not just about government and lobbyists.
