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On 17 November 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved from David Cameron to David Cameron, Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton. The result of the discussion was Snow closed as not moved.

Deficit

Can anyone get a citation or a cn on "Cameron has been credited for helping to modernise the Conservative Party and for reducing the United Kingdom's inherited national deficit" ? 78.146.230.75 (talk) 16:38, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"As prime minister" needs to be added to that section. Readers could otherwise assume Cameron was credited for those things as foreign secretary. --195.99.227.0 (talk) 18:52, 28 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

War mongers

War mongering does not appear to be in the historical facts regarding Cameron. Doccameron (talk) 01:26, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If you're referring to the Strip, I don't see it mentioned on Joe Biden's page either. --195.99.227.0 (talk) 14:30, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Recommended him for a life peerage"

Shouldn't this be rewritten? Cameron now has a peerage. So this should be changed to:

"During the November 2023 cabinet reshuffle, Conservative prime minister Rishi Sunak appointed Cameron foreign secretary and he was subsequently given a life peerage as The Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton, allowing him to sit in the House of Lords." 195.99.227.0 (talk) 14:28, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Grammatical error in "Dodgy Dave moniker" section

"Jon Bercow" should be "John Bercow" 148.252.35.12 (talk) 19:35, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed, thanks for pointing out. Jonathan Deamer (talk) 20:36, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Short description: Former PM, or just Foreign Secretary

There's a couple of reverts going on regarding the short description, principally whether it should be "Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2010-2016), Foreign Secretary since 2023" (as preferred by @Mark and inwardly digest) or simply "Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom since 2023" (as preferred by @ThirdWaySocialDemocrat). It's probably better to reach consensus here rather than continually reverting.

My preference would be for "British politician (born 1966)" in line with short descriptions for other current politicians who have served in multiple roles.

We should note from Wikipedia:Short description that:

we should 'avoid time-specific adjectives like "former", "retired", "late", "defunct", "closed", "current", "new", "recent", "planned", "future", etc.'
'More than 80% of short descriptions use fewer than 40 characters'
'Editors should keep in mind that short descriptions are meant to distinguish an article from similarly named articles in search results, and not to define the subject.'

SoThisIsPeter (talk) 19:39, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Short description confirms that "Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom since 2023" is preferable to the literary diarrhea of "Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2010-2016); Foreign Secretary since 2023" which includes a whopping 78 characters - so hardly can even be called a "short description" while we're at it, why don't we also mention his time as MP for Witney while we're at it, or his time as leader of the Conservative Party? Lol.

Foreign Secretary is clearly the role most relevant at the present time while he holds this office. ThirdWaySocialDemocrat (talk) 20:04, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think the "British politician" label is better than the "Foreign secretary" one given the holders of the other Great Offices of State (with the exception of Sunak as PM) simply have that short description. SoThisIsPeter (talk) 20:41, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"British politician (born 1966)" is just fine. All we need to do is indicate who the article is about. Even Winston Churchill simply says "British statesman and writer (1874–1965)". Ghmyrtle (talk) 20:43, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough, though I don't know how consistently this is applied. Even Liz Truss's short description mentions her being PM! Mark and inwardly digest (talk) 21:34, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]