[188] These views were met with mixed reactions. David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is a British politician, businessman, lobbyist and author who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016. [108][109] Labour used the slogan Dave the Chameleon in their 2006 local elections party broadcast to portray Cameron as an ever-changing populist, which was criticised as negative campaigning by the Conservative press including The Daily Telegraph,[110] though Cameron asserted the broadcast had become his daughter's "favourite video". Later, he became Shadow Education Secretary in the post-election reshuffle. I'm a real mixture of Scottish, Welsh, and English. He was born offscreen on May 11, 2004. [248] In 2007 Cameron promised, "We can make British poverty history, and we will make British poverty history". [127], One day later, The Daily Telegraph published figures showing over five years he had claimed £82,450 on his second home allowance. The judge hearing Coulson's trial was critical of the prime minister, pondering whether the intervention was out of ignorance or deliberate, and demanded an explanation. Ivan died at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London, on 25 February 2009, aged six. Grigg, John (2 October 1993). [345] Cameron's constituency home is in Dean, Oxfordshire, and the Camerons have been described as key members of the Chipping Norton set. Coulson had resigned as the paper's editor following the conviction of a reporter in relation to illegal phone hacking, although stating that he knew nothing about it. [83] Two days before Duncan Smith won the leadership contest on 13 September 2001, the 9/11 attacks took place in New York City. [141] He had also backed a successful campaign to retain the status quo in a referendum on changing the voting system held at the request of his coalition partners. Travis, Alan (17 April 1997). [37] In 1991, Cameron was seconded to Downing Street to work on briefing John Major for the then twice-weekly sessions of Prime Minister's Questions. Lamont fell out with John Major after Black Wednesday and became highly unpopular with the public. Whilst urging members of his party to support the coalition's proposals for same-sex marriage, Cameron said that he backed gay marriage not in spite of his conservatism but because he is a conservative, and claimed it was about equality. [306], An ICM poll in September 2007 saw Cameron rated the least popular of the three main party leaders. [214] On 3 December 2015 MPs voted 397–223 in favour of launching air strikes against ISIL targets in Syria. [136] By the beginning of 2015 he was able to claim that his government's austerity programme had succeeded in halving the budget deficit, although as a percentage of GDP rather than in cash terms. [82], Cameron endorsed Iain Duncan Smith in the 2001 Conservative Party leadership election and organised an event in Witney for party supporters to hear John Bercow speaking for him. He should be able to help us on the penalty kill. [111], During the leadership election, allegations were made that Cameron had used cannabis and cocaine recreationally before becoming an MP. [359], At a Q&A in August 2013, Cameron described himself as a practising Christian and an active member of the Church of England. [55] At the beginning of September 1993, Cameron applied to go on Conservative Central Office's list of prospective parliamentary candidates (PPCs). [211], Fallon said that it was "illogical" for the UK not to bomb ISIL in Syria, for the organisation does not "differentiate between Syria and Iraq" and is "organised and directed and administered from Syria". His party 's history of opposing sanctions against the regime Barack Obama asked approval. 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