‘The politics of yesterday’: discontent on Tory right mars Cameron’s return
by Ben Quinn Political Correspondent from on (#6GBXE)
MPs such as Kwarteng and Rees-Mogg are resentful of ex-PM's Brexit stance and see his comeback as an affront
David Cameron symbolises the politics of yesterday", the former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has said, as rightwing Conservative discontent overshadowed the former prime minister's return to to cabinet.
David has to say very early on that he accepts Brexit because otherwise the suspicion is that somehow he's going to be close to the EU," Kwarteng told GB News. He's got to do a speech or say something to signal that he's accepted Brexit," he added, saying that the Conservative party was in a very difficult place now" because of divisions.
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