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Prime Ministerial, from the New Statesman | David Cameron

The New Statesman: politics and culture

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🗓️ 24 December 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Prime Ministerial. In each episode Jonn Elledge and Stephen Bush will look at the legacy of the previous six prime ministers and ask whether they achieved success on their own terms.

 

This episode focuses on David Cameron. A special adviser during the Major government, he eventually succeeded his old boss, Michael Howard, as party leader and took the Conservatives back into government, albeit in a coalition. After winning a majority in 2015, he lost the Brexit referendum that followed and with it his premiership.

 

Stephen and Jonn speak to the political economist Helen Thompson and Cameron’s former communications adviser Craig Oliver.

 

Produced by Adrian Bradley and May Robson, with thanks to Caroline Crampton and Nick Hilton.



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0:00.0

This is going to be hard and difficult work.

0:03.0

A coalition will throw up all sorts of challenges,

0:06.0

but I believe together we can provide that strong and stable government

0:10.0

that our country needs, based on those values,

0:13.0

rebuilding family, rebuilding community,

0:16.0

above all rebuilding responsibility in our country.

0:20.0

Those are the things I care about.

0:22.0

Those are the things that this government will now start work on doing.

0:26.0

Thank you very much.

0:31.0

It's 2005.

0:33.0

The Conservative Party has just lost its third successive election,

0:36.0

confirming its longest period in opposition since the 18th century.

0:40.0

A demoralised party conference is a series of speeches from what be leadership contenders.

0:44.0

Much to the surprise of the bookmakers,

0:46.0

the runaway sensation is the Shadow Education Secretary,

0:49.0

a little known Etonian by the name of David Cameron.

0:51.0

Cameron becomes conservative leader offering a clean break on a sway of issues,

0:56.0

from social issues to international development to Europe.

0:59.0

Cameron's election reduces the pole deficit between his party in labour

1:02.0

and, once the financial crisis hits,

1:04.0

the party looks on course to win the next election.

1:07.0

But the result when it comes is a hung parliament

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