David Cameron
David Cameron
David William Donald Cameronis a British politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016. He was the Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016, and has been Member of Parliament for Witney since 2001. Cameron identifies as a One-Nation Conservative, and has been associated with both economically liberal and socially liberal policies...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 October 1966
CityLondon, England
running country europe
It's not just other countries in Europe having a say over what we do. It's unelected bureaucrats in Brussels on sort of six-figure, huge salaries telling us how we run our country despite having never stood for an election themselves.
children believe mean
I mean, I'm a conservative. I believe that, you know, if you borrow too much, you just build up debts for your children to pay off. You put pressure on interest rates. You put at risk your economy. That's the case in Britain. We're not a reserve currency, so we need to get on and deal with this issue.
technology reality people
You can be walking down the street for a chat, but until you've got the selfie out of the way, people aren't ready to talk.
country independent successful
It would be wrong to suggest that Scotland could not be another such successful, independent country.
independent scotland hands
I have no time for those who say there is no way Scotland could go it alone. I know first-hand the contribution Scotland and Scots make to Britain's success - so for me there's no question about whether Scotland could be an independent nation.
mind done impossible
The last thing I'd say is that you can achieve a lot of things in politics. You can get a lot of things done. And that, in the end - the public service, the national interest: that is what it's all about. Nothing is really impossible if you put your mind to it. After all, as I once said: I was the future once.
country broken people
The political system is broken, the economy is broken and so is society. That is why people are so depressed about the state of our country.
people british passengers
I know the British people and they are not passengers - they are drivers.
culture ends
I intend to end the something for nothing culture
country choices different
Countries are different. They make different choices. We cannot harmonise everything.
taken mean government
People are increasingly frustrated that decisions taken further and further away from them mean their living standards are slashed through enforced austerity or their taxes are used to bail out governments on the other side of the continent.
cancer heart enemy-of-progress
Corruption is one of the greatest enemies of progress in our time. It is the cancer at the heart of so many of the world's problems.
institutions members certain
Over the longer term, the institutions and powers of the EU will continue to expand and certain policymaking powers, heretofore vested in the member states, will be delegated or transferred to, or pooled and shared with EU institutions. As a result, the sovereignty of the member states will increasingly be eroded.
character independent emotional
We have the character of an island nation: independent, forthright, passionate in defence of our sovereignty. We can no more change this British sensibility than we can drain the English Channel. And because of this sensibility, we come to the European Union with a frame of mind that is more practical than emotional.