British Prime Minister , David Cameron , who was also in Ireland , said of him : `` I watched him as a student of politics , rather than someone involved in politics , and he always struck me as someone who was a statesman as well as a politician , someone who was in politics for all the right reasons , and someone who made a huge contribution to the peace process bringing reconciliation for all that had happened in the past .
British Prime Minister , David Cameron , who was also in Ireland , said of him : I watched him as a student of politics , rather than someone involved in politics , and he always struck me as someone who was a statesman as well as a politician , someone who was in politics for all the right reasons , and someone who made a huge contribution to the peace process bringing reconciliation for all that had happened in the past .