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David Cameron

David Cameron

Cameron is the leader of the Conservative party and the current Prime Minister of the UK. He was first elected as an MP in 2001 and was promoted to the opposition front bench in 2003. Cameron was then elected leader of the Conservatives in 2005 and then went into a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats in 2010.

# david-cameron - Friday 2 March, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Horsing Around This post contains videos

Cameron admits: I did ride Rebekah Brooks’s ex-police horse

The revelation comes after days of speculation about the British prime minister’s relationship with the former News International executive and her former police horse.

# david-cameron - Thursday 1 March, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Horsing Around

Did David Cameron ride the ex-police horse that was lent to Rebekah Brooks?

A report indicates that it might well have happened, raising new questions about the British prime minister’s relationship with the former News International executive who resigned over phone hacking.

# david-cameron - Wednesday 29 February, 2012

By royal appointment: Queen Elizabeth to open London Games

The royal couple will perform the ceremonial role at the 80,000-seat Olympic Stadium when the games begin on 27 July.

# david-cameron - Monday 20 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Heckled This post contains videos

Watch: British government minister heckled over reforms to health service

One woman took Andrew Lansley to task over his proposals to reform Britain’s National Health Service.

# david-cameron - Friday 17 February, 2012

From The Daily Edge Caption Competition

# david-cameron - Monday 13 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Scotland

Cameron to hold talks on Scottish independence

Cameron will travel to Scotland on Thursday for a meeting with the country’s First Minister Alex Salmond about Scottish independence.

# david-cameron - Saturday 11 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Falkland Islands

Argentina accuses UK of sending nuclear sub to Falkland Islands

Argentina says Britain has deployed a nuclear sub, the Vanguard, to guard the islands; Britain has refused to comment.

# david-cameron - Friday 10 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Falkland Islands

Argentina to lodge UN complaint today as UK denies ‘militarisation’ of Falklands

There are growing tensions between the two nations ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War.

# david-cameron - Wednesday 8 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Falkland Islands

Argentina to complain to UN over UK ‘militarisation’ in Falklands region

There has been increasing tensions between the two countries over the disputed islands in recent months.

# david-cameron - Monday 30 January, 2012

From The Daily Edge Casual Affair This post contains images

Here’s what European leaders might be wearing at their ‘informal’ summit

Today’s European Council summit is described as an ‘informal meeting’. So might leaders shed their suits for some casual threads?

# david-cameron - Friday 27 January, 2012

From The Daily Edge Humour

Column: Cardinal Rules – On playing the blame game at Davos

This week, the (not) Primate of All Ireland brings us all the gossip from behind the scenes at the World Economic Forum where he was on the “non-tokenistic spiritual sub-committee”.

# david-cameron - Thursday 26 January, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Falkland Islands This post contains videos

Explainer: What’s going on in the Falkland Islands?

Tensions are rising between Argentina and the UK over a group of tiny islands in the South Atlantic Ocean but why?

# david-cameron - Wednesday 25 January, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Scotland

Salmond announces ‘clear’ question for referendum on Scottish independence

…and voters will have plenty of time to think about their response: he says he’ll hold the referendum in the autumn of 2014.

# david-cameron - Wednesday 18 January, 2012

From The Daily Edge Meet The Camerons

# david-cameron - Friday 13 January, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Etiquette

Former Belfast mayor calls for end to ‘shifty’ handshakes

Tom Ekin has asked Northern Ireland’s leaders to reflect on how they shake hands as current practice could be sending out the wrong message.

From TheJournal.ie Northern Ireland

Family of Pat Finucane begins legal challenge

“Clearly we have a difference of opinion here” – the Taoiseach discussing the possibility of a public inquiry into the murder with the British PM yesterday.

# david-cameron - Thursday 12 January, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Take 5

The 5 at 5: Thursday

5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock…

From TheJournal.ie Enda Kenny

Read: Full text of Enda Kenny’s speech on Ireland’s future

The EU, the bailout and the banks – here’s what the Taoiseach had to say…

From TheJournal.ie Diplomacy

UK deputy prime minister to visit Áras an Uachtaráin

Nick Clegg will meet with President Michael D Higgins during a visit to Dublin tomorrow.

From TheJournal.ie 9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Thursday

Nine things you need to know this morning…

From TheJournal.ie London Calling

Taoiseach to meet Cameron over EU issues

Enda Kenny is meeting David Cameron today for the first time since Britian’s recent veto on changes to the EU treaty to discuss issues of ‘common interest’.

# david-cameron - Wednesday 11 January, 2012

From TheJournal.ie David Cameron

Latest draft of EU deal raises further questions of Irish referendum

Even if Ireland does not need a referendum on ratifying the deal this year, one may be required later in the decade.

From TheJournal.ie Scotland

Scotland insists it has mandate for independence referendum in 2014

And it wants to hold it on its own terms, defying the wishes of the UK government in Wesminster which wants the vote to be held sooner.

# david-cameron - Tuesday 10 January, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Leveson

David Cameron may be called to face Leveson Inquiry

The prime minister, his predecessor, and the opposition leader are all expected to be called, the London Times has reported.

# david-cameron - Monday 9 January, 2012

From Business ETC Euro

‘Merkozy’ to meet after French issue ultimatum on transaction tax

Nicolas Sarkozy has warned that France will go it alone with the controversial ‘Tobin tax’ if agreement is not reached.

# david-cameron - Sunday 8 January, 2012

From TheJournal.ie 9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Sunday

This morning: arrest in Kimmage murder case, houses being bought for cash-only and what Brian O’Driscoll is up to on his rugby-free days.

From TheJournal.ie Oops

A week of gaffes for British politicians

David Cameron himself is the latest to have to apologise for an ill-advised and offensive remark.

# david-cameron - Saturday 31 December, 2011

From The Daily Edge Scarlet This post contains videos

13 fabulously cringetastic moments of the year

Politicians in particular excelled at making a show of themselves – even when they are not intending to.

# david-cameron - Thursday 29 December, 2011

From Business ETC ITory

iPrime Minister: David Cameron to get his own iPad app

What would you get the Prime Minister who has everything? Well his own app of course…

# david-cameron - Tuesday 27 December, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Review 2011 This post contains images

14 game-changing moments of 2011

These were the catalysts for some of the upheavals at home and abroad this past year…

From TheJournal.ie QEII

Queen’s visit to Ireland a ‘gamechanger’ – Cameron

The British PM pays tribute to the Queen’s State Visit in a documentary tonight.

# david-cameron - Friday 23 December, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Czech Republic

Czechs pay tribute as former president Vaclav Havel laid to rest

Foreign leaders including Nicolas Sarkozy, David Cameron and Hillary Clinton are among those present at Vaclav Havel’s funeral.

# david-cameron - Sunday 18 December, 2011

From TheJournal.ie UK

UK MP sacked after attending “Nazi” stag party

Aidan Burley was sacked after he “behaved in a manner which is offensive and foolish” by attending a friend’s Nazi-themed stag party.

# david-cameron - Friday 16 December, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Fiscal Compact

Draft EU deal could commit Ireland to austerity for a decade

The first draft of the agreement reached last week could force Ireland to take billions more out of each Budget for years.

From TheJournal.ie Euro

UK to play observer role in fiscal union negotiations

The UK is to “engage constructively” with other European countries over plans to create a greater fiscal union within the EU – despite its decision not to take part in the agreement itself.

# david-cameron - Wednesday 14 December, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Eurozone

DUP MPs warn that EU deal may hit Ireland’s corporation tax

Ian Paisley Jr and Nigel Dodds tell the House of Commons that Ireland will face further pressure to raise the 12.5 per cent rate.

From TheJournal.ie Talks

Noonan to meet Osborne amid concerns over Britain’s EU isolation

The fallout of Cameron’s decision to use a veto in EU negotiations on a new treaty continued last night as Clegg and the Lib Dems refused to back the PM in a Commons vote.

# david-cameron - Tuesday 13 December, 2011

From Business ETC Opinion

Column: Why David Cameron made the right decision…

Those in the eurozone are facing a ‘lost decade’, writers former trader Nick Leeson – and who would want to hand over more policy-making power to the managers of that crisis?

From TheJournal.ie European Parliament

Barroso hails Euro deal – but slams UK’s “impossible” demands

European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso says last week’s deal is a compromise of ’27 minus’, not of ’17 plus’.

# david-cameron - Monday 12 December, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Commons Clash This post contains videos

Cameron defends veto on EU deal, says he negotiated in ‘good faith’

The opposition said he lost but the prime minister insisted he was defending his country’s interests over his veto of the EU deal.