Yahoo News How happy are you that David Cameron is back? Here's what Yahoo readers think
Yahoo UK's poll of the week lets you vote and indicate your strength of feeling on one of the week's hot topics. After two days the poll closes and, each Friday, we publish and analyse the results, giving readers the chance to see how polarising a topic has become and if their view chimes with other Yahoo UK readers.
After David Cameron's surprise return to the British government on Monday we asked Yahoo News UK readers if they were happy with the former PM's return to politics.
The former prime minister has taken over from James Cleverly as foreign secretary, in a dramatic reshuffle that saw Suella Braverman sacked as home secretary.
Rishi Sunak has been criticised for bringing in the former PM as the UK's top diplomat as Cameron's flagship foreign policy was the Brexit vote, which he lost.
When he was appointed the new foreign secretary said that while he "disagreed with some individual decisions" of Sunak's, he views him as a "strong and capable prime minister" who is "showing exemplary leadership at a difficult time".
He was notably critical of Sunak's decision to cancel the northern leg of HS2 just a few weeks ago.
In his first week as foreign secretary Cameron has already announced sanctions against several of Hamas's leaders and visited Ukraine.
Some were happy to see Cameron's return to government with his successor Theresa May praising his "immense experience."
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But several Conservatives, especially on the right of the party, were critical of Cameron's return and the perceived shift to the left by Sunak with his new Cabinet.
Yahoo News UK asked our readers whether they were happy about Cameron's return, here are the results:
Our poll from Monday at midday until midday Thursday asked: 'How do you feel about David Cameron's jaw-dropping return to politics?'
It received 44,733 votes and showed a clear majority of Yahoo readers reacted negatively to his return.
Some 61% of voters said they were unhappy with his return, with just 30% saying they were happy and 9% did not lean either way.
61% of voters said they were unhappy with his return, with just 30% saying they were happy and 9% did not lean either way.Yahoo News UK
Yahoo News UK readers were also asked: 'How strongly do you feel about his return?'
This poll received 22,613 votes with the most common vote being 10/10, indicating many readers were either were very enthusiastic about the move or felt strongly it was the wrong decision.
The average strength-of-feeling score on all the votes was 6.5.
The average strength-of-feeling score on this issue was 6.5Yahoo News UK
Generally, Yahoo readers were more against Cameron's return than the general public.
Our original poll article can be found here
An Ipsos poll found almost half (46%) of voters thought his appointment as foreign secretary was the wrong move, with 35% saying it was correct.
The same poll found 70% of people believed sacking Braverman was the right decision.
Lord Cameron's first week
The new foreign secretary has seen Cameron publicly display his support for the government's current stance on several issues.
On Tuesday, he announced a raft of sanctions against several top Hamas leaders in conjunction with the US.
And on Thursday he flew to Ukraine to assure Volodymyr Zelensky that Britain will support Ukraine for "however long it takes."
In a video released by Kyiv, Cameron said: "We will continue to give you the moral support, the diplomatic support, the economic support, but above all the military support that you need – not just this year and next year, but for however long it takes.
"I had some disagreements with my friend Boris Johnson, we’ve known each other for 40 years, and his support for you was the finest thing that he and his governments did."
