Sir Rowan and the Camerian Conquest: 06 (The Knights of Arrethtrae)

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Falklands referendum: Voters choose to remain UK territory". BBC News. 12 March 2013. Archived from the original on 31 August 2013 . Retrieved 16 August 2015. He supported the introduction of gay marriage, despite more of his own Conservative MPs voting against the move than for it, meaning the support of Lib Dem MPs in government and Labour MPs in opposition was required to allow it to pass. [146] He led Britain’s first coalition government for 70 years and, following the 2015 General Election, formed the first Conservative majority government for over two decades.

Mr Cameron, 57, quit Downing Street in mid-2016 after losing the Brexit referendum, and was later engulfed in a lobbying scandal relating to his post-parliamentary work for fallen Australian financier Lex Greensill. NHS funding protected?". NHS Support Federation. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018 . Retrieved 19 May 2017. In the months immediately following his resignation from the post of prime minister, a number of commentators gave negative evaluations of Cameron's premiership. The University of Leeds' 2016 survey of post-War prime ministers, which collected the views of 82 academics specialising in the history and politics of post-war Britain, ranked Cameron as the third-worst prime minister since 1945, ranking above only Alec Douglas-Home and Anthony Eden. 90% of respondents cited his calling and losing of the Brexit referendum as his greatest failure. [326] Post-premiership and interim years (2016–2023)

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During the election campaign, Cameron accepted the offer of writing a regular column for The Guardian 's online section. [81] He won the seat with a 1.9% swing to the Conservatives, taking 22,153 votes (45%) to Labour candidate Michael Bartlet's 14,180 (28.8%), a majority of 7,973 (16.2%). [82] [83] Pre-premiership (2001–2010) Member of Parliament, 2001–2005 Conservative MP defects to Labour". BBC News. 27 June 2007. Archived from the original on 30 June 2007 . Retrieved 24 August 2007. Jeffries, Stuart (1 July 2006). "Professor Vernon Bogdanor on David Cameron". The Guardian. London. p.31 . Retrieved 25 November 2012.

Cameron was a strong advocate of increased ties between India and the United Kingdom, describing Indian–British relations as the "New Special Relationship" in 2010. [280] [281] Norman, Matthew (13 September 2016). "What made Cameron the worst Prime Minister in living history". The Independent. London: Independent Print Ltd . Retrieved 30 November 2019. It was simultaneously announced that Cameron would receive a life peerage, making him a member of the House of Lords, and the first former prime minister to be created a peer since Margaret Thatcher. [356] On 17 November 2023, he was created Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton, of Chipping Norton in the County of Oxfordshire. [357] [358] Lord Carrington, a hereditary peer, was the last peer to hold the office of Foreign Secretary, from 1979 until his resignation in 1982. [359] He was introduced to the House of Lords on 20 November, supported by Lord True and Baroness Williams of Trafford. [360] [361] We now know of four ministers you lobbied on behalf of Mr Greensill. Are there any more? How many have you texted? Phoned? Taken out for drinks or any other hospitality?

Wheeler, Brian (9 May 2015). "The David Cameron story". BBC News. Archived from the original on 20 March 2016 . Retrieved 5 March 2016. Cameron was first elected the Conservative MP for the rural constituency of Witney in West Oxfordshire in 2001. From 2001-2003, Cameron was a member of the influential House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee. David Cameron's expenses". The Daily Telegraph. London. 26 June 2009. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022 . Retrieved 3 May 2015.