David Cameron says he is aware it is 'not usual' for a former PM to returnSky News
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00:00 What is your view on the future of the EU?
00:07 Well I know it's not usual for a Prime Minister to come back in this way, but I believe in public service.
00:14 The Prime Minister asked me to do this job and it's a time where we have some daunting challenges as a country.
00:20 The conflict in the Middle East, the war in Ukraine and of course I hope that six years as Prime Minister,
00:29 eleven years leading the Conservative Party gives me some useful experience and contacts and relationships
00:35 and knowledge that I can help the Prime Minister to make sure we build our alliances,
00:40 we build partnerships with our friends, we deter our enemies and we keep our country strong.
00:46 That's why I'm doing the job and I'm delighted to accept.
00:49 You have expressed publicly recently disagreements with the Prime Minister.
00:53 Have you promised to button it? Is it a collective responsibility from here on in?
00:57 On the whole as an ex-Prime Minister I've tried to keep quiet about politics, stay out of politics.
01:03 It's hard enough being Prime Minister without having your successors endlessly,
01:07 your predecessors endlessly giving a running commentary.
01:10 But look of course I've disagreed with some individual decisions, but politics is a team enterprise.
01:16 I've decided to join this team because I believe Rishi Sunak is a good Prime Minister,
01:21 doing a difficult job at a hard time. I want to support him.
01:25 I'm a member of the team and I accept the Cabinet collective responsibility that comes with that.