Fame Monster
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Arguably the worst PM of the last 30 years. Too early to judge Johnson (although I suspect he will be even worse than Cameron), far worse than May (who negotiated a decent deal and was responsible for a lot of progressive policies), Brown's one key decision was bailing out the banks (which he got right), and Major didn't leave us in anywhere near the same mess as him.
The only one who really comes close to being as bad as Cameron is Blair (for another thread maybe). Blair had the Iraq war, Cameron would have had Syria (if it weren't for Ed Miliband) and would have deposed Assad and left the country to ISIS.
He also went into Libya which wasn't in itself the wrong decision but he had absolutely no plan for the aftermath, leaving the country to be operated by criminals and human traffickers, which itself led to hundreds of thousands of migrants crossing the Mediterranean and many of them dying en-route.
He also lied to the country about us 'all in it together' whilst simultaneously slashing welfare and cutting taxes for the most well off.
But probably his biggest mistake was the timing and the campaign of the EU referendum. After 30 odd years of unchallenged lies about the EU in most national newspapers, he held a referendum at the height of anti-EU fever and neglected to point out the enormous difficulties Brexit would cause with regards to the future arrangement of the Irish border. And while I don't have a problem with anyone being educated at Eton per se, Cameron was so out of touch that he was completely unaware of the huge support Brexit had in many parts of the country.
He also cost the country billions in selling state assets on the cheap not only with the sale of Royal Mail but with the forced sale of thousands of council houses at a fraction of their worth. At the height of a homelessness crisis no less. He was an absolute disaster.
The only one who really comes close to being as bad as Cameron is Blair (for another thread maybe). Blair had the Iraq war, Cameron would have had Syria (if it weren't for Ed Miliband) and would have deposed Assad and left the country to ISIS.
He also went into Libya which wasn't in itself the wrong decision but he had absolutely no plan for the aftermath, leaving the country to be operated by criminals and human traffickers, which itself led to hundreds of thousands of migrants crossing the Mediterranean and many of them dying en-route.
He also lied to the country about us 'all in it together' whilst simultaneously slashing welfare and cutting taxes for the most well off.
But probably his biggest mistake was the timing and the campaign of the EU referendum. After 30 odd years of unchallenged lies about the EU in most national newspapers, he held a referendum at the height of anti-EU fever and neglected to point out the enormous difficulties Brexit would cause with regards to the future arrangement of the Irish border. And while I don't have a problem with anyone being educated at Eton per se, Cameron was so out of touch that he was completely unaware of the huge support Brexit had in many parts of the country.
He also cost the country billions in selling state assets on the cheap not only with the sale of Royal Mail but with the forced sale of thousands of council houses at a fraction of their worth. At the height of a homelessness crisis no less. He was an absolute disaster.
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