Former UK PM Cameron declares 'I'll be back' in Schwarzenegger Snapchat video

David Cameron has appeared in a Snapchat video posted by Arnold Schwarzenegger, claiming: "I'll be back."

What could he possibly mean?

Back? As Prime Minister? There's no vacancy. Theresa May's poll ratings are beyond her predecessor's wildest dreams.

A top international job, then? Well, he was tipped as the next boss of Nato. But a top Tory MP, defence select committee chairman Julian Lewis, said the former PM wasn't up to it.

So, what then?

The former prime minister, who turned 50 in October, suddenly popped up on Snapchat after "the Terminator" taunted Mr Trump in response to the President's jibes about his TV ratings.

Referring to the former California governor replacing him as host of The Celebrity Apprentice on US TV, the President said: "They hired a big, big movie star, Arnold Swarzenegger, to take my place.

"And we know how that turned out. The ratings went right down the tubes. It's been a total disaster."

hen, in a Snapchat video, Schwarzenegger hit back saying: "Hey Donald, I have a great idea. Why don't we switch jobs? You take over TV, since you're such an expert in ratings, and I'll take over your job, and then people can finally sleep comfortably again."

And then he sprang a surprise and announced: "I'm here with my good friend David Cameron from England, ex-prime minister."

And so he was. "I'm here with the governor," said a grinning Mr Cameron. "He did a great job - and I'll be back."

Surely not? The prospect of Mr Cameron returning to Parliament would horrify Eurosceptic Tory MPs, who - after the Article 50 Bill won an overwhelming Commons majority this week - are delighted with Mrs May's stewardship of Brexit.

And, after all, since quitting as an MP in September Mr Cameron is earning big money. He is currently writing his memoirs, with the help of his friend Danny (Lord) Finkelstein, and has been paid an advance of £800,000.

Like his friend George Osborne, who is still in Parliament and spoke in the debate on the Article 50 Bill, he has also been signed up by the Washington Speakers' Bureau, which pays big bucks for former prime ministers and chancellors of the exchequer.

In a speech at a university in Indiana in December, Mr Cameron joked about joining the speakers' circuit and said: "I'm also available for weddings and bar mitzvahs."

And he showed he has lost none of the flair for gags and one-liners that he used to deploy in Prime Minister's Questions.

He told his audience: "People often ask me, 'How are you sleeping?' and I say 'I sleep like a baby - I wake up every hour calling for my mother'."

Mr Cameron has been in California this week to make another speech to students, this time at the University of Southern California.

And as the former governor said on Snapchat, they are indeed good friends.

In 2011, Mr Cameron took Mr Schwarzenegger to address a meeting of the Tory backbench 1922 Committee in the House of Commons.

"I've got a surprise for them," the then PM told journalists in the corridor outside the meeting. "I've brought the Terminator."

Mr Schwarzenegger was in London for the 80th birthday celebrations of former Russian president Mikhail Gorbachev, which began shortly after the meeting of Conservative MPs.

In his speech to the MPs, Mr Schwarzenegger said he was glad the UK would be "living within its means" and praised the Tories' environmental policies.

Paraphrasing a famous President Eisenhower quotation, the former governor told the 1922 Committee: "The far left and the far right are in the gutter. The centre is how to get down the road."

And, not surprisingly, he ended his speech with the declaration: "I'll be back!" His reward - thunderous applause by the MPs before departing for Mr Gorbachev's celebrations.

We now know, of course, that Arnie is back as the host of a TV reality show.

Perhaps Mr Cameron was not hinting at a political comeback, but that he wants to come back as the host of The Apprentice, or another TV reality show, in this country.

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