Just a quarter of voters think David Cameron will do a good job as Foreign Secretary as the reshuffle backfires.
A poll found almost a third (29%) believe he achieved nothing at all as Prime Minister. Some 28% said a slight amount, 21% a fair amount and 11% a significant amount.
Asked what they most associated with his six years in No10, people said the Brexit referendum, austerity and the Scottish independence referendum. The Redfield & Wilton survey found 35% think he will do a bad job as Foreign Secretary, while 26% said the opposite.
The former Tory leader who is no longer an MP has been given a place in the House of Lords so he can do the £104,360-a-year job without voters getting a say. His shock appointment on Monday came as Mr Sunak held a major Cabinet reshuffle as he finally sacked Suella Braverman as Home Secretary.
Lord Cameron visited Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine on Thursday in his first overseas trip as foreign secretary. The peer, who left No10 in 2016 in the wake of the Brexit referendum, has been put in charge of the country’s foreign policy despite mistakes including cosying up to China in what was dubbed a “golden era”.
His attempts to make money after Downing Street included working for the now collapsed Greensill Capital, which saw him go on a desert camping trip with Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed Bin Salman just months after he was accused of ordering the brutal killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The Treasury Select Committee found he had shown a “significant lack of judgement” by lobbying ministers in a bid to get Covid cash for the firm in which he had a financial interest, including sending nine WhatsApp messages to Mr Sunak who was Chancellor.
Earlier this week, Lord Cameron dismissed the criticism, saying: "As far as I am concerned, that is all dealt with and in the past. I now have one job, as Britain's Foreign Secretary."
Redfield & Wilton interviewed 1,500 adults online in Great Britain on November 15.