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Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shops, the Spectators Daily Politics Podcast.

I'm Isabel Hardman and this is the Sunday Roundup.

Former Prime Minister David Cameron has been hitting the headlines again recently, but for all the wrong reasons.

His attempt to lobby the Chancellor on behalf of the now defunct Green Sill Capital

has opened a whole can of worms about potential conflicts

of interest and business influence over the civil service. Andrew Marr was joined by the Environment

Secretary George Eustace and asked him about Cameron's infamous Treasury texts. Do you think

that what David Cameron has done is acceptable? Well, look, I think the key thing is, it's not broken any of the rules.

And you'll recall that...

That's not what I'm asking.

Do you think it was acceptable?

Well, it is acceptable.

Well, it is acceptable for people to work within the rules.

Well, I think the point I would make is ministers as a leave office, including prime ministers,

aren't allowed to take any such paid roles for a period of two years.

These are rules that David Cameron himself brought in.

He left office some five years ago, and you can't begrudge people taking and moving on to do another career.

The question is whether...

What is that other career?

Let's just remind ourselves that he texted twice the serving

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