Etiqueta: David Cameron

  • First speech to the United Nations General Assembly

    DAVID CAMERON Libya and the Arab Spring shows the UN needs a new way of working not just united in condemnation, but united in action. Deputy Secretary General, Mr President, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen. It is an honour to address the United Nations General Assembly for the first time and its a particular…

  • Statement on Libya

    DAVID CAMERON I have just come from chairing a meeting of the National Security Council on the situation in Libya. The latest information is that the vast majority of Tripoli is now controlled by free Libyan fighters, although fighting continues – and some of it is extremely fierce. We have no confirmation of Qadhafi’s whereabouts,…

  • UK Riots: Statement in Parliament

    DAVID CAMERON With permission, I would like to make a statement. First, let me thank the Speaker and Honourable Members for returning. When there are important events in our country, it is right that Parliament is recalled and that we show a united front. I’m grateful to the Leader of the Opposition for the constructive…

  • London Riots

    DAVID CAMERON Good morning. I’ve come straight from a meeting of the Government’s Cobra committee for dealing with emergencies where we’ve been discussing the action that we will be taking to help the police to deal with the disorder on the streets of London and elsewhere in our country. «I’ve also met with the Metropolitan…

  • Speech on immigration

    DAVID CAMERON A year ago, we were in the middle of a general election campaign. And there was one message I heard loud and clear on the doorstep: we want things to be different. People said they wanted a government that didn’t just do what was good for the headline or good for their party…

  • Creating a new economic dynamism

    DAVID CAMERON There is one question I want to answer today: Where is the growth going to come from – where are the jobs going to come from? Over the course of this Parliament – and the next – I believe we can transform our fortunes. We’re in a world of unprecedented economic change, with…

  • Together in the National Interest

    DAVID CAMERON It is an honour and a privilege to stand here, before the party I lead, in front of the country I love, as the Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. I want to tell you today, in the clearest terms I can, what we must do together. And what we can achieve…

  • Bloody Sunday Inquiry

    DAVID CAMERON With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement. Today, my Rt Hon Friend, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is publishing the report of the Saville Inquiry… …the Tribunal set up by the previous Government to investigate the tragic events of 30th January 1972 – a day more commonly…

  • Transforming the British economy

    DAVID CAMERON This is my first major speech as Prime Minister – and I am going to address the first priority of this government: transforming our economy. Today, Britain is at a turning point. The decisions we make now will live with us for decades to come. For many years we have been heading in…

  • First speech at Downing street

    DAVID CAMERON Before I talk about that new government, let me say something about the one that has just passed. »Compared with a decade ago, this country is more open at home and more compassionate abroad and that is something we should all be grateful for and on behalf of the whole country I’d like…