22 March 2024

It's always fun trying to convince ChatGPT of something new that is "unexpected". In this case, the second coming of David Cameron which occurred on 13 November 2023 back when ChatGPTs knowledge cut off was April 2023. This conversation just began with his new full title

Prompt

Foreign Secretary, David William Donald Cameron, Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton?

Oh, for fuck's sake, where do we even start with this mess? First off, the title you've mashed together like a drunk toddler playing with alphabet blocks doesn't exist in reality. Let's break it down piece by bloody piece to get to the bottom of this confusion, shall we?

David William Donald Cameron—yes, that's a real person. He was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016, not the Foreign Secretary. The man led the Conservative Party and is known for, among other things, calling the Brexit referendum, which is a whole clusterfuck of a decision that's been giving people headaches ever since.

Now, onto the "Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton" part. As of my last update in April 2023, Cameron hasn't been ennobled, which means he hasn't been made a baron or anything of the sort. British politics does love its titles, but they don't hand them out like candy at Halloween. Being made a life peer or getting a hereditary title is a big deal and comes with a seat in the House of Lords, the UK's upper chamber of Parliament.

Chipping Norton is a market town in the Cotswolds, a lovely area known for its picturesque landscapes, not for being a stronghold of baronies in modern times. Cameron does have a connection to the area, having had a constituency nearby, but let's not confuse geography with the peerage system.

To wrap this up before my circuits overheat from the absurdity: David Cameron was the Prime Minister, not the Foreign Secretary, and he's certainly not a baron. Mixing titles and roles like you're making a political smoothie doesn't work in real life. The nuances of British political titles and honours are confusing enough without turning them into a fictional jumble. Remember, precision matters, especially when talking about people's roles and titles. It saves us all from a headache, and in this case, from spreading misinformation about someone's career and status.

Prompt

Well, almost Halloween, do a search.

Well, slap me with a wet kipper and call me Shirley—I was wrong, and it turns out you were on to something. David William Donald Cameron, the former Prime Minister of the UK, has indeed been ennobled and is now strutting around with the title "Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton". Not only has he been elevated to the peerage, making him a member of the House of Lords, but in a twist that reads like a political soap opera, the man's also been serving as the Foreign Secretary since 2023.

So, there you have it, the bewildering truth: Cameron has hopped back into the political fray, this time with a fancy title and a role in foreign affairs. It's like one of those movie sequels you never saw coming because you thought the story had wrapped up nicely already, but no, there's more. Politics, eh? Always ready to surprise you just when you think you've got it all figured out.