Current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Assumed office- May 11, 2010
David William Donald Cameron. Born 9 October 1966, is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and Leader of the Conservative Party. He represents Witney as its Member of Parliament (MP).
In the 2010 general election held on May 6th, the Conservatives won 306 seats in a hung parliament. After five days of negotiation, Cameron formed a coalition with the Liberal Democrats. Cameron leads the first coalition government of the United Kingdom since the Second World War. The 43-year-old Cameron became the youngest British Prime Minister since the Earl of Liverpool 198 years earlier. Cameron's relative youth and inexperience before becoming leader have invited satirical comparison with Tony Blair.
Cameron describes himself as a "modern compassionate conservative" and has spoken of a need for a new style of politics. He has stated that he is "certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite." He has also claimed to be a "liberal Conservative", and "not a deeply ideological person." As Leader of the Opposition, Cameron stated that he did not intend to oppose the government as a matter of course, and would offer his support in areas of agreement. He has urged politicians to concentrate more on improving people's happiness and "general well-being", instead of focusing solely on "financial wealth".
He believes that British Muslims have a duty to integrate into British culture, but notes that they find aspects such as high divorce rates and drug use uninspiring. Prior to its legalization, Cameron advocated for legalizing same-sex marriage.
Hello, this is Wei Jingsheng. In regards to Cameron's opinions about what politicians should concentrate on, I could not agree more. I believe Cameron is truly onto something when he says that politicians should concentrate more on the people's
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Gordon Brown, Previous Prime Minister of the UK. I just wanted to compliment you on what a good job you are doing running this beautiful country. No offense but I did it the best. That's just what they say, I'm just stating the facts Dave. Can i call you Dave?
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