# Why the big rush to push Cameron out of 10 Downing St.? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 12, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-big-rush-to-push-cameron-out-of-10-downing-st/759722 "2016-07-12T15:23:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-big-rush-to-push-cameron-out-of-10-downing-st/759722/21 "2016-07-13T01:31:34Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > How do MPs afford to live in London? I know this is an issue for some members of Congress in the US, given the high cost of living in Washington. Several Democratic Representatives and Senators shared a house, and I think one Representative lived out of his office. At least British MPs get paid now; until 1911, most MPs got nothin’. They were expected to be independently wealthy or to keep doing their day job. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-big-rush-to-push-cameron-out-of-10-downing-st/759722/22 "2016-07-13T02:07:35Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > it’s really best for all concerned that the old guy get off stage as fast as practically possible. Rail-Gun…? “Don’t be silly. Rail-guns generally use dense materials with little value or worth other than to be accelerated at high speed through reinforced armor plate and it generally costs about 1£ of electricity per shot” “I’ve got 50p… you…?” ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-big-rush-to-push-cameron-out-of-10-downing-st/759722/23 "2016-07-13T07:08:00Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > One of the differences between the US system and the Westminster system is that it seems to take an incoming President a couple of months to go through all those binders of women and men to pick the Cabinet and a few layers of the bureaucracy directly under the Cabinet secretaries. Indeed, and not having to seek the Senate’s advice and consent also helps with the process. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-big-rush-to-push-cameron-out-of-10-downing-st/759722/24 "2016-07-13T09:10:38Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > How do MPs afford to live in London? They can claim expenses for a place to live in London. And yes, this has been abused. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-big-rush-to-push-cameron-out-of-10-downing-st/759722/25 "2016-07-13T10:06:28Z")
An insider’s view of what the transition feels like inside No. 10 [https://medium.com/@stewartwood6887/the-last-day-at-number-10-ccb5195a49f2#.nxg6zihio](https://medium.com/@stewartwood6887/the-last-day-at-number-10-ccb5195a49f2#.nxg6zihio) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-big-rush-to-push-cameron-out-of-10-downing-st/759722/26 "2016-07-13T18:41:19Z")
Yay, Larry the cat got to stay, even though he apparently is in a feud with the Foreign Office’s cat. ---
**Author:** ![Seren359](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@Seren359](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seren359)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-big-rush-to-push-cameron-out-of-10-downing-st/759722/27 "2016-07-13T19:16:10Z")
Lots of cabinet posts announced. Boris Johnson on the front bench! ---
**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-big-rush-to-push-cameron-out-of-10-downing-st/759722/28 "2016-07-13T21:19:01Z")
It is normal for a very quick transition to take place here. It is expected that the outgoing PM (and Chancellor) will move out very quickly. Kenneth Clarke memorably turned up driving a van he had hired to move all his stuff out in. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-big-rush-to-push-cameron-out-of-10-downing-st/759722.md?page=1)