David Cameron: Former PM making stunning comeback

When David Cameron quit Downing Street in the wake of the Brexit referendum in 2016, he quipped that he had been the future once.

It was an ironic reference to a joke he himself had made about then-PM Tony Blair in 2005, shortly after taking over as Conservative leader.

But now the former prime minister is indeed back - making a surprise return to government as Rishi Sunak's new foreign secretary, replacing James Cleverly.

The move has sent shockwaves through Westminster, and left many scratching their heads as to what it will mean for British politics.

Putting the man who blew up his own premiership by calling - and then losing - the Brexit vote in charge of the Foreign Office looks like a big throw of the dice from Mr Sunak.

It is also a strange move from a prime minister who only weeks ago was seeking to define himself against every government since the early 1990s.

There were reports that Lord Cameron - as he will now be known, as he heads to the House of Lords in order to take up his cabinet role - was unhappy with that remark.