“I’m only 49,” David Cameron said as he announced he would be leaving parliament with immediate effect to “start to build a life outside Westminster”. Free from the restrictions of political life, opportunities to make millions of pounds from directorships, book deals and speechmaking will open up in front of him. The former chancellor Alistair Darling has joined the board of the US bank Morgan Stanley, a more formal role than being an advisor. Cameron could expect to earn as much as £80,000 a year for a non-executive role in a large company. It was reported in July that Cameron was planning to “go dark”, stepping back from public life to write his memoir.

Source: The Guardian September 12, 2016 18:43 UTC