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The Jouker

David Cameron given perfect Lords title which recalls Tory cronies

DAVID Cameron will be formally introduced as a member of the House of Lords with a title which recalls the name given to his set of Tory pals in the 2010s.

The Foreign Secretary will be introduced in the Upper House on Monday as "Lord David Cameron of Chipping Norton".

It refers to the Cotswolds market town where Cameron and friends including Rebekah Brooks – one of Rupert Murdoch’s top lieutenants in the UK – Jeremy Clarkson, Blur bassist Alex Jones, and his wife Samantha Cameron all lived.

If you think that all sounds unbearably Tory and posh, you’d be right.

Chipping Norton is within Cameron’s former constituency Witney, a pretty solidly Conservative safe seat in Oxfordshire.

He will don the traditional red ermine robes during the ceremony on Monday before taking questions in his new role as Foreign Secretary.

The Jouker suggests the powers that be ought to have considered dubbing him Lord Cameron of Beijing – given the questions surrounding his involvement with China – or Lord Cameron of Bundaberg, the birthplace of his Australian businessman chum Lex Greensill.

But we know he'd rather you "call me Dave". 

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