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While Brexit burned, former prime minister David Cameron surfed in Costa Rica

January 16, 2019 at 12:33 p.m. EST
The Post's Adam Taylor explains why British Prime Minister Theresa May is facing a no-confidence vote after Parliament weighed in on her Brexit deal Jan. 15. (Video: Sarah Parnass, Karla Adam/The Washington Post)

LONDON — As Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal went down to a humiliating defeat on Tuesday, many in Britain wondered what was happening with the man who started Brexit in the first place: former prime minister David Cameron.

It turned out that while May was trying to navigate the choppy waters of Parliament, Cameron had grabbed a surfboard.