Sir Craig Oliver, The former PR head under David Cameron revealed The strange proposal to install David Beckham in House of Lords, On the podcast What were you thinking? Saying he was surprised they thought about it seriously. The idea came in 2013. “I remember looking at them and saying, 'Look, wait a minute,' He's met David Beckham a few times, and he's a very nice guy, but I'm not sure he's qualified to stand up in the House of Lords to defend the government's policy on sport.Which of course can be very complicated.”
Sir Craig managed to defeat the motion to protect David Cameron's image: “Everyone will make fun of us, and even if we get glorified coverage, “We'll end up regretting it for many months afterward.” The possibility of Beckham being a minister emerged after the then Sports Minister, Sir Hugh Robertson, was given a role in the Foreign Office during the reorganization in October 2013. The vacancy eventually went to Conservative MP Helen Grant.
Beckham's sports career
David Beckham retired in 2013, aged 38 and won 19 trophies, including five Premier League titles with United (1996, 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2001) and one league title with Real Madrid (2007). After eleven seasons under Alex Ferguson's leadership in the “Red Devils”, Beckham signed in 2003 for the Whites, with whom he became league champions before crossing the Atlantic to the Galaxy. His first appearance with the England national team came in 2006, in a match against Moldova, and he led the Three Lions from 2000 to 2006, an international career in which he accumulated 115 matches before retiring in 2009, in a match against Belarus.
Inter Miami
Beckham is the visible face of Inter Miami, even though the team does not belong to him, at least since June 2019.He settled in the United States and He is the founder and co-owner of Inter Miamithe last major franchise to reach Major League Soccer (MLS). So far, he has only participated in the 2020 edition, but Beckham has already succeeded in attracting talent from Europe, such as Higuain or Frenchman Matuidi..
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