YP Letters: Is it fair to call David Cameron a '˜lily-livered idiot'?
ALAN Denton’s reference to David Cameron as “that lily-livered idiot” (The Yorkshire Post, March 30) is, at best, grossly unfair.
Just before the referendum, to the surprise of a radio interviewer, Tory MP Chris Grayling said he saw no reason why David Cameron should not continue as Prime Minister in the event of Brexit.
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Hide AdThat is to say that he expected the then Prime Minister to be unprincipled enough to take up an unwelcome mandate to save his own skin.
If anyone was lily-livered, it was Brexit protagonists Boris Johnson and Michael Gove who had been after his job but became coy and invisible respectively when the the result of the referendum came out.
If David Cameron had a weakness it was not cowardice but over-confidence.
I sincerely hope that Brexit is a success for Britain and that Theresa May will turn out to be an outstanding Prime Minister.
Only time will tell. However, for the moment, opinion will be divided as to whether, as a Remainer, she put personal ambition before principle.