Editing Kenneth Clarke (section)

===Return to the frontbench===
In 2009, Clarke became Shadow Business Secretary in Opposition to the then-[[Business Secretary]], [[Lord Mandelson]]. David Cameron flattered Clarke as about the only one able to challenge Mandelson and Brown's economic credibility. Two days later it emerged that Clarke had warned in a speech a month earlier that [[President Barack Obama]] could see David Cameron as a "[[right-wing nationalist]]" if the Conservatives maintained Eurosceptic policies and that Obama would "start looking at whoever is in Germany or France if we start being [[isolationist]]".<ref>{{cite news | title = Ken Clarke warns Barack Obama could see David Cameron as right wing nationalist | work = The Daily Telegraph | date = 21 January 2009 | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/4309112/Ken-Clarke-warns-Barack-Obama-could-see-David-Cameron-as-right-wing-nationalist.html | access-date = 23 January 2009 | location = London | first = Robert | last = Winnett | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090124084224/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/4309112/Ken-Clarke-warns-Barack-Obama-could-see-David-Cameron-as-right-wing-nationalist.html | archive-date = 24 January 2009 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The ''[[Financial Times]]'' said "Clarke has in effect agreed to disagree with the Tories' official Eurosceptic line".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/19dff8ce-2089-11df-bf2d-00144feab49a.html |title=Interactive graphics – A Conservative Who's Who |work=Financial Times |location=London |access-date=19 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510014817/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/19dff8ce-2089-11df-bf2d-00144feab49a.html |archive-date=10 May 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>