Cameron Presidential?

Background material on Cameron acting in a presidential manner

Use of special advisers

Personal intervention in policy

Outsider strategy attacking normal government processes

Cameron usually more popular than his party

Foreign policy and quasi head of state

Successfully pleasing backbenchers

Yes, but Cameron hasn’t successfully exercised presidential power

Operating under capacity

The West Wing is a TV show not a template for effective government

Osborne is the real political powerhouse

Cameron needs to be bolder

U-turns might be seen as a weakness