Cameron is not the first to have pushed his luck with an honours list

Aides and chauffeurs have long been made candidates for awards by outgoing PMs, but now the public mood has changed

When is a good time to announce any kind of honours list in Britain? Never is a good time and always has been, as David Cameron was reminded when he opened the Sunday papers. There in the peaceful sunshine of his Oxfordshire constituency home, free from the care of state at last, he found his own resignation list plastered all over the front pages.

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