'No third term': Tory MPs shocked by Cameron blunder

Commentators too are genuinely puzzled: Cameron risks being a lame duck PM if he wins election

David Cameron arrives at EU summit in Brussels
(Image credit: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty)

Tory MPs and the Westminster commentariat appear genuinely astonished by David Cameron’s decision to tell the BBC that he will not seek a third term as prime minister.

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