David Cameron

David William Donald Cameron (; born 9 October 1966) is an umwhile Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick, First Laird o the Treasury, Meenister for the Ceevil Service an Leader o the Conservative Pairty. He representit Witney as its Memmer o Parliament (MP). Cameron identifies as a Ane-Naition Conservative, an haes been associatit wi baith economically leeberal an socially leeberal policies.

Born in Lunnon tae walthy upper middle-cless parents, Cameron wis eddicatit at Heatherdown School, Eton College, an Brasenose College, Oxford. Frae 1988 til 1993 he wirked at the Conservative Research Department, assistin the Conservative Prime Meenister John Major, afore leavin politics tae wirk for Carlton Communications in 1994. Becomin ae MP in 2001, he serrt in the opposition shaidae cabinet unner Conservative leader Michael Howard, succeedin Howard in 2005. Cameron socht tae rebrand the Conservatives, embracin an increasinly socially leeberal position. The 2010 general election led tae Cameron becomin Prime Meenister as the heid o a coaleetion govrenment wi the Leeberal Democrats – the youngest hauder o the office sin the 1810s. His premiership wis merked bi the ongangin effects o the late-2000s financial crisis; this involved a muckle deficit in govrenment finances that his govrenment socht tae reduce throu austerity meisurs. His administraction introduced muckle-scale chynges tae welfare, immigration policy, eddication, an healcare. It privatised the Ryal Mail an some ither state assets, an legalised same-sex mairiage.

Internaitionally, his govrenment intervened militarily in the Libian Ceevil War an later authorised the bombin o the Islamic State o Iraq an the Levant; domestically, his govrenment owersaw the referendum on votin reform an Scots unthirldom referendum, baith o that confirmed Cameron's favoured ootcome. Whan the Conservatives siccared an unexpectit majority in the 2015 general election he remaint as Prime Meenister, this time leadin a Conservative-anly govrenment. Tae fulfil a manifesto pledge, he introduced a referendum on the UK's conteenuin membership o the EU. Cameron supportit conteena'd membership; follaein the success o the Leave vote, he demittit for tae mak wey for a new Prime Meenister an wis succeedit bi Theresa May.

Cameron haes been praised for modrenisin the Conservative Pairty an for decreasin the Unitit Kinrick's naitional deficit. Conversely, he haes been criticised bi feegurs on baith the left an richt, an haes been accuised o political opportunism an elitism.

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