Gavin Barrett: So what will happen next?

Britain’s fate is now governed by Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union

David Cameron after his press conference on Friday morning PIc: Getty

David Cameron’s career as a ‘lucky general’ – unexpectedly winning one political battle after another – came to a skidding halt when the results of the Brexit referendum were announced, and Cameron found himself thrown unceremoniously from his prime ministerial horse.

Political careers (as Tony Blair would no doubt confirm) unfortunately often come to be defined by one terrible decision – Cameron’s calamitous initiative for smoothing his own path back to power in ...