David Cameron’s legacy is out of his control

It was a rather cruel pathetic fallacy that the Prime Minister who had to resign early after creating a political storm by accidentally taking Britain out of the European Union gave his final speech from Downing Street under rumbling, rolling storm clouds. At one point, the wind whooshed back David Cameron’s hair and rain began to splatter on the hundreds of cameras watching his statement.

Cameron clearly wanted to use the statement to tell the British people what he thought his legacy was, and to highlight the ways in which he thought he had performed particularly well. He of course listed his achievements on the economy, particularly when it came to jobs, but he also notably focused on social change and social service, highlighting the ‘200,000 young people who have taken part in National Citizen Service’ and ‘the couples who have been able to get married, who weren’t allowed to in the past’.