David William Donald Cameron
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At 43, David Cameron became the UK’s youngest prime minister in nearly 200 years in 2010. He led a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats and won a majority in 2015. After calling the 2016 referendum on EU membership, he resigned when Leave won. He had introduced same-sex marriage in 2013.
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David Cameron — early life, career, personal life, and legacy.
David William Donald Cameron arrived on 9 October 1966 in Marylebone, London, to Ian Donald Cameron and Mary Fleur Mount. He attended Heatherdown Preparatory School before moving to Eton College. At Brasenose College, Oxford, he studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics, earning a first class degree. His family background includes descent from King William IV, linking him directly to British royalty.
Cameron entered Parliament as MP for Witney in the 2001 general election. In 2005 he won the Conservative Party leadership, beating David Davis. The media dubbed him the heir to Blair for his similarity to Tony Blair. Following the 2010 general election, he became Prime Minister, forming a coalition with the Liberal Democrats. At age 43, he was the youngest PM in nearly 200 years. He introduced same-sex marriage in 2013 despite opposition from a majority of his own party. He called a referendum on EU membership in 2016, lost it, and resigned immediately.
He married Samantha Cameron in 1996. They have five children: Ivan 2002-2009, Nancy born 2004, Arthur born 2006, Florence born 2010, and Lady Lola Crichton Stuart. His children are descendants of King Henry VIII’s siblings and wives. His father Ian was a stockbroker, and his mother Mary was a justice of the peace. He has three siblings: Alexander, Tania, and Clare.
Introducing same-sex marriage stands as Cameron’s greatest achievement, by his own account. He also modernized the Conservative Party, apologizing for Section 28 in 2009. But his legacy is defined by the 2016 Brexit referendum, which he called and lost, prompting his resignation. He received the Order of King Abdulaziz al Saud, Officer of the Legion of Honour, and Dostyk Order of grade I. Nick Gibb lampooned him, and Dennis Skinner criticized him. His referendum decision changed the course of British politics.
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I Think What Actually Matters in Politics Is Not Where You’ve Come From, but Where We’re All Going To.
Personal Responsibility Must Not Mean Selfish Individualism. There Is a ‘We’ in Politics as Well as a ‘Me’.
We Do Think There’s Such a Thing as Society, We Just Don’t Think It’s the Same Thing as the State.
The Era of Big Government Has Run Its Course. Poverty and Inequality Have Got Worse Despite Labour’s Massive Expansion of the State. We Need New Answers Now and They Will Only Come from a Bigger Society, Not a Bigger Government.
Only Millionaires Should Pay Inheritance Tax. I’m Absolutely Clear on That. as the Economy Recovers and as House Prices Continue to Rise You Will Find People Getting Caught by the Inheritance Net That Should Not Be There.
I Absolutely Do Believe in a Lower Tax Country and I Want to Deliver Lower Marginal Rates of Tax.
I Am Still a Low-tax Conservative. Born One, Lived One, Will Die One.
Take Chinese Tourists, for Example. We’re Their 22Nd Most Popular Destination. but Germany Is Forecast to Break into Their Top 10. Why Can’t We? If We Can’t Always Beat Germany at Football, Then We Can Beat Them at Tourism.
I’d Rather Be a Child of Thatcher Than a Son of Brown.
We’re Consulting on Legalising Gay Marriage. to Anyone Who Has Reservations, I Say: Yes, It’s About Equality, but It’s Also About Something Else: Commitment. Conservatives Believe in the Ties That Bind Us; That Society Is Stronger When We Make Vows to Each Other and Support Each Other. so I Don’t Support Gay Marriage Despite Being a Conservative. I Support Gay Marriage Because I’m a Conservative.
I Think in a Way We’re All Thatcherites Now. One of the Things About Her Legacy Is Some of Those Big Arguments We Had Everyone Now Accepts.
I Think Some of These Schemes – and I Think Particularly of the Jimmy Carr Scheme – I Have Had Time to Read About and I Just Think This Is Completely Wrong. People Work Hard, They Pay Their Taxes, They Save up to Go to One of His Shows. They Buy the Tickets. He Is Taking the Money from Those Tickets and He, as Far as I Can See, Is Putting All of That into Some Very Dodgy Tax Avoiding Schemes. That Is Wrong. There Is Nothing Wrong with People Planning Their Tax Affairs to Invest in Their Pension and Plan for Their Retirement – That Sort of Tax Management Is Fine. but Some of These Schemes We Have Seen Are Quite Frankly Morally Wrong. the Government Is Acting by Looking at a General Anti-avoidance Law but We Do Need to Make Progress on This. It Is Not Fair on Hardworking People Who Do the Right Thing and Pay Their Taxes to See These Sorts of Scams Taking Place.
I Am a Marriage Man, I Am a Great Supporter of Marriage. I Want to Promote Marriage, Defend Marriage, Encourage Marriage.
Today We Are Mourning the Loss of an Immense British Talent. Genius Is an Overused Word, but I Think Musically, Creatively, Artistically, David Bowie Was a Genius. for Someone My Age, He Provided a Lot of the Soundtrack of Our Lives. from the First Time I Heard Space Oddity to Watching Our Athletes Appear in Those Wonderful Olympics to the Strains of Heroes. We Mourn the Loss of a Great Talent, We Think About His Family and Friends Who’ve Lost a Loved One Too Early, and We Also Celebrate an Immense British Talent Who Has Enriched All of Our Lives.
And I Want You to Take That Argument That the Labour Party Made and Stick It Where the Sun Don’t Shine.
I’m British and I Am Not Supposed to Show Any Emotion but I Am Very Sad.
I Loved Playing the Drums and I Had a Great Teacher Actually. but I Didn’t Get That Far. I Got as Far as Playing the Drums on Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree. I Enjoyed It. My Problem Was, This Will Sound Like a Feeble Excuse, but I’m Left Handed and Right Footed and Actually If You’re a Drummer That Can Be a Bit of a Problem. You Want to Be All Left or All Right and I Was a Bit of a Mixture. but I Remember Once Having to Stand in for a Friend Who Was a Very Good Drummer in a Jazz Band and Standing in for Him One Evening. and I Remember, You Know, Finding That a Real Thrill.
The Day After, the Shadow Chancellor Was Asked on the Television, Could He Think of One Single Business Leader? and You Know What He Said? You Know What He Said, Mr Speaker? He Said, He Said ‘Bill Somebody’. Mr Speaker, Bill Somebody’s Not a Person, Bill Somebody’s Labour’s Policy!
When I Was 14, 15, 16, I Was Doing Things That Teenagers Do in Terms of Drinking Too Much, Being Caught Having the Odd Fag, Things Like That.
Elections Aren’t About Records, They’re About Plans and Choices.
I Was the Future Once.
I Watched, for the 17Th and Hopefully the Last Time, the ‘Guns of Navarone’ on New Year’s Eve. I Always Watch Just in Case the Explosives Don’t Go off in the End. You Have to Watch the End, Just to Make Sure It’s OK.
Little-known facts about David Cameron — origins, oddities, and behind-the-scenes details from a public life.
His favourite album is The Queen is Dead by The Smiths.
Cameron was the youngest of Queen Elizabeth II’s 15 prime ministers, aged 43 when he took office in 2010.
According to journalists, Cameron described himself as the heir to Blair during a Conservative Party leadership contest dinner.
He was a member of the Bullingdon Club during his student days, as was subsequent Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Through both parents, his children are descended from siblings of King Henry VIII and all six of his wives: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr.
His in-laws are the 8th Baronets Sheffield.
He is a descendant of King William IV of Great Britain and Ireland.
He became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 11 May 2010.
Brian Gerrish unflatteringly described Cameron as looking like a Cabbage-Patch Doll because he’s never had any worries, during a British Constitution Group lecture.
He was mentioned in the campaign group Disabled People Against the Cuts’ favorite 2015 political song Common People by the band Common People.
He was also mentioned in the group’s favorite 2015 political song Cameron’s Conference Rap by Cassetteboy.
Through his remote Danish Jewish Rée ancestors, he is a distant cousin of actor James Norton.
He has English, Scottish, Ashkenazi Jewish, and small amounts of Welsh and Irish ancestry.
Labour MP Dennis Skinner nicknamed him Dodgy Dave.
He is a direct descendant of a natural daughter of King William IV and his mistress Dorothea Bland, known as Mrs. Jordan.
He is a member of Clan Cameron.
He was lampooned by Nick Gibb.
He was accused of hypocrisy for refusing to call singer Gary Barlow’s tax avoidance scheme morally wrong, after having criticized comedian Jimmy Carr for similar actions.
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