Cameron was exactly the wrong person to lead the Remain campaign: Many of the arguments that needed to be made involved criticism of his own party.
Was Cameron EVER going to say: "I hear your concerns about immigration. The reason EU immigration hasn't been controlled is because I chose not to enforce the EU's rules against benefit tourism. Unlike other EU countries"? Ever!?
Was Cameron EVER going to say: "The EU protects you from immoral governments. Threresa May wants to scrap the Human Rights Act once we leave. & I've been selling the Saudis British weapons, knowing they're being used in crimes against humanity and the EU has rules against that"?
Was Cameron EVER going to say: "I know you want the UK to be more influential in the EU, but I moved the British conservatives into a smaller and less influential political party in the EU Parliament in 2009" theguardian.com/politics/2009/…
That means that the strongest arguments regarding sovereignty and immigration were never heard because it was against Cameron's own interests to make those points.
Dammit. He's right.
