For the Record by David Cameron

They used to ask people who had suffered a bad knock to the head a number of questions. After asking you to recall your own name, they usually asked for the name of the prime minister.

In the recent procession of failures, show-offs, and nonentities who’ve run Britain, you’d almost be forgiven for failing to know who David Cameron was. He was the one with the smooth skin and the air of entitlement, the last but one to hold what was once one of the most important jobs on earth.