Top Tories push for David Cameron to land 200k Nato Secretary General job ‘to boost standing post-Brexit’ – The Sun

Top Tories believe Cameron landing the job will improve Britain's standing and help in post-Brexit era

TOP Tories want David Cameron to be made Nato boss.

The ex-PM is seen as an ideal candidate for the 200,000 role of secretary general.

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Several Cabinet members have urged him to apply believing it would boost the UKs standing after we leave the EU.

One Whitehall figure said: Most of the Cabinet have been lobbying him for a while.

But we need to get him to go for it, as currently he is a bit cold.

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The current secretary general is Norwegian Jens Stoltenberg.

He is due to stay in the post until at least next year.

But his stint could last until 2019, meaning Mr Cameron would face a two-year wait to take over.

Since quitting as PM in the wake of the Brexit vote he has been charging up to 120,000 a pop for speeches.

He also bagged an 800,000 advance for his memoirs.

The looming vacancy is understood to have been jokingly raised by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson when he and Mr Cameron met for dinner in New York last week.

BoJo had just chaired a meeting of the UN Security Council.

The last Brit Nato secretary general was ex-Labour defence secretary George Robertson between 1999 and 2003.

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Boris Johnson first suggested David Cameron pursue the NATO role

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