Frases de David Cameron
David Cameron
Fecha de nacimiento: 9. Octubre 1966
David William Donald Cameron /ˈkæmrən/ es un político conservador británico y primer ministro del Reino Unido desde el 11 de mayo de 2010. Después de ganar en las Elecciones generales del Reino Unido de 2010 y tras la posterior renuncia del entonces primer ministro Gordon Brown, del Partido Laborista se formó un gobierno de coalición con los Liberal Demócratas. Luego en las elecciones generales del Reino Unido de 2015 ganó una mayoría absoluta de 6 sillas. También es First Lord of the Treasury, nombramiento conjunto al de primer ministro, y miembro de la Cámara de los Comunes del Parlamento del Reino Unido por la circunscripción electoral de Witney en Oxfordshire.
Estudió Filosofía, Política y Economía en la Universidad de Oxford, obteniendo los mejores resultados de su promoción. Más tarde se incorporó al departamento de investigación del Partido Conservador, pasando luego a ser asesor principal, primero de Norman Lamont y más tarde de Michael Howard. También trabajó durante siete años como director de comunicación en la empresa Carlton Comunications.
En 1997 se presentó por primera vez como candidato conservador al Parlamento por la circunscripción de Stafford, perdiendo la elección. No obstante, volvió a presentarse en 2001 por la circunscripción electoral de Witney, logrando esta vez la victoria. En su segundo año como parlamentario fue promovido a miembro de la primera bancada de la oposición, llegando a ser el jefe de campaña del Partido Conservador en las elecciones generales del Reino Unido de 2005.
Cameron fue elegido ese mismo año como líder del Partido Conservador, al ser considerado como un candidato joven y moderado que atraería al electorado juvenil. Logró superar en las encuestas de intención de voto a Tony Blair, rompiendo la tendencia de diez años de supremacía del Partido Laborista. A pesar de situarse durante unos meses por detrás de Gordon Brown, sucesor de Tony Blair como primer ministro y líder laborista, los Conservadores siguieron en cabeza a lo largo de 2008, llegando a obtener 13 puntos de ventaja sobre los Laboristas en enero de 2009.
En las elecciones generales de 2010, celebradas el seis de mayo, los Conservadores obtuvieron la mayor parte de representantes pero no la mayoría absoluta en el Parlamento, situación denominada hung Parliament o parlamento colgado. Esta situación obligó a los Conservadores a pactar con los Liberales para formar gobierno y, de este modo, poder proclamar a David Cameron como primer ministro el 11 de mayo de 2010. Cameron es el primer ministro más joven desde el gobierno de Robert Jenkinson, 2.º conde de Liverpool, elegido en 1812. Además, el gabinete de Cameron es el primer gobierno de coalición en el Reino Unido desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
En las elecciones del 7 de mayo 2015 fue reelegido para otros cinco años de gobernación. Afirmó que el buen resultado en las votaciones fue consecuencia de una "campaña positiva" para "salvaguardar la economía y crear empleo" y también para "planificar otros cinco años".
Cerca de 50 millones de británicos acudieron a las urnas para renovar la Cámara de los Comunes del Parlamento de Westminster.
Frases David Cameron
„La soberanía de las Malvinas no es negociable, final de la historia.“
— David Cameron
Fuente: Diario La Nación http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1381751-la-soberania-de-las-malvinas-no-es-negociable-final-de-la-historia-afirmo-cameron.
„La buena noticia es que he conocido a Kate Moss y me ha pedido mi teléfono. La mala, es que creo que piensa que tengo algo que ver con los sistemas de alcantarillado.“
— David Cameron
Nota: En 2007, tras conocer a la modelo Kate Moss en una cena benéfica y hablar con ella sobre los daños de las inundaciones en su circunscripción.
Fuentes: BBC News, Moss mistook Cameron for plumber http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7088351.stm, AFP Kate Moss confunde al líder conservador británico con un fontanero http://web.archive.org/web/20130429155805/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i0mv10__wlyNg0D-SMWxMqaMHYOQ.
„La democracia es un proceso, no un evento.“
— David Cameron
Nota: En la Asamblea General de la ONU, el 22 de septiembre de 2011.
Fuente: Portal del sitio de noticias CNN http://www.cnn.com.
„Somos el único partido que cree que si das a la gente libertad y responsabilidad, se harán más fuertes y la sociedad se hará más fuerte.“
— David Cameron
Fuente: Transcripción del discurso en la web oficial de los Conservadores David Cameron: Call that election. We will fight. Britain will win http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=news.story.page&obj_id=139453.
„It is here in Britain where in one or two generations people can come with nothing and rise as high as their talent allows. It is here in Britain where success is achieved not in spite of our diversity, but because of our diversity.“
— David Cameron
2010s, 2015, Speech on extremism (20 July 2015), Context: It is here in Britain where different people, from different backgrounds, who follow different religions and different customs don’t just rub alongside each other but are relatives and friends; husbands, wives, cousins, neighbours and colleagues. It is here in Britain where in one or two generations people can come with nothing and rise as high as their talent allows. It is here in Britain where success is achieved not in spite of our diversity, but because of our diversity.
„I joined this party because I believe in freedom.“
— David Cameron
2000s, 2005, Context: I joined this party because I believe in freedom. We are the only party believing that if you give people freedom and responsibility, they will grow stronger and society will grow stronger.
Speech to Conservative Party Conference http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/oct/04/conservatives2005.conservatives3 (4 October 2005)
„Instead of talking about the things that most people care about, we talked about what we cared about most. While parents worried about childcare, getting the kids to school, balancing work and family life, we were banging on about Europe. As they worried about standards in thousands of secondary schools, we obsessed about a handful of more grammar schools. As rising expectations demanded a better NHS for everyone, we put our faith in opt-out for a few. While people wanted more than anything stability and low mortgage rates, the first thing we talked about was tax cuts.“
— David Cameron
2000s, 2006, Speech to the Conservative Party Conference in Bournemouth (1 October 2006), quoted in The Times (2 October 2006), p. 6
„Turkey is a secular and democratic state. This is all the more reason to make Turkey feel welcome in Europe… This is something I feel very strongly and very passionately about. Together I want us to pave the road from Ankara to Brussels.“
— David Cameron
2010s, A speech about Turkey's EU membership process, "Turkey must be welcome in EU, insists Cameron" http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/turkey-must-be-welcome-in-eu-insists-cameron-2036190.html, The Independent, (27th July 2010)
„I am very sorry that Andy Coulson has decided to resign as my Director of Communications, although I understand that the continuing pressures on him and his family mean that he feels compelled to do so. Andy has told me that the focus on him was impeding his ability to do his job and was starting to prove a distraction for the Government. During his time working for me, Andy has carried out his role with complete professionalism. He has been a brilliant member of my team and has thrown himself at the job with skill and dedication. He can be extremely proud of the role he has played, including for the last eight months in Government. I wish Andy all the very best for his future, which I am certain will be a successful one.“
— David Cameron
2010s, 2011, Resignation of Andy Coulson statement (21 January 2011) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/8273786/Andy-Coulson-resignation-David-Camerons-statement.html
„Democratic consent for the EU in Britain is now wafer thin… Simply asking the British people to carry on accepting a European settlement over which they have had little choice is a path to ensuring that when the question is finally put - and at some stage it will have to be - it is much more likely that the British people will reject the EU. That is why I am in favour of a referendum. I believe in confronting this issue - shaping it, leading the debate. Not simply hoping a difficult situation will go away.“
— David Cameron
2010s, 2013, David Cameron speech: UK and the EU https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21160684 BBC News (23 January 2013)
„The last thing I would say is that you can achieve a lot of things in politics and get a lot of things done; in the end, public service and the national interest is what it is all about. Nothing is really impossible if you put your mind to it. After all, as I once said, I was the future once.“
— David Cameron
2010s, 2016, Last statement to the House of Commons as Prime Minister, ending by paraphrasing his 2005 comment to Tony Blair, "he was the future once" (July 13, 2016), see Hansard https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-07-13/debates/4A1B874C-54B5-4BEF-8D79-AFA264A78068/Engagements#contribution-E7A04179-9154-4077-87DF-1642C1BD3B4D
„We need to have a total rethink of what we do in our prisons to tackle extremism. And we need our internet companies to go further in helping us identify potential terrorists online. Many of their commercial models are built around monitoring platforms for personal data, packaging it up and selling it on to third parties. And when it comes to doing what’s right for their business, they are happy to engineer technologies to track our likes and dislikes. But when it comes to doing what’s right in the fight against terrorism, we too often hear that it’s all too difficult.“
— David Cameron
2010s, 2015, Speech on (20 July 2015)
„It’s been a remarkable few years for our Royal family - the Royal Wedding captured people’s hearts, the extraordinary and magnificent Jubilee and now this Royal birth. All to a family that has given this nation so much incredible service and they can know that a proud nation is celebrating with them a very proud, happy couple tonight.“
— David Cameron
2010s, 2013, Remarks on the Royal birth http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/10196324/David-Camerons-statement-on-the-royal-birth.html (22 July 2013)
„What we are fighting, in Islamist extremism, is an ideology. It is an extreme doctrine. And like any extreme doctrine, it is subversive. At its furthest end it seeks to destroy nation-states to invent its own barbaric realm. And it often backs violence to achieve this aim – mostly violence against fellow Muslims – who don’t subscribe to its sick worldview. But you don’t have to support violence to subscribe to certain intolerant ideas which create a climate in which extremists can flourish. Ideas which are hostile to basic liberal values such as democracy, freedom and sexual equality. Ideas which actively promote discrimination, sectarianism and segregation. Ideas – like those of the despicable far right – which privilege one identity to the detriment of the rights and freedoms of others. And ideas also based on conspiracy: that Jews exercise malevolent power; or that Western powers, in concert with Israel, are deliberately humiliating Muslims, because they aim to destroy Islam. In this warped worldview, such conclusions are reached – that 9/11 was actually inspired by Mossad to provoke the invasion of Afghanistan; that British security services knew about 7/7, but didn’t do anything about it because they wanted to provoke an anti-Muslim backlash. And like so many ideologies that have existed before – whether fascist or communist – many people, especially young people, are being drawn to it. We need to understand why it is proving so attractive.“
— David Cameron
2010s, 2015, Speech on (20 July 2015)
„We will reflect the country we aspire to govern, and the sound of modern Britain is a complex harmony, not a male voice choir.“
— David Cameron
2000s, 2005, Speech aimed at Liberal Democrats: join me in my mission http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/dec/16/conservatives.liberaldemocrats (16 December 2005)
„Gary Barlow has done a huge amount for the country, he’s raised money for charity, he’s done very well for Children in Need so I’m not sure, the OBE was in respect of that work and what he’s done but clearly what this scheme was was wrong and it’s right that they’re going to pay back the money.“
— David Cameron
2010s, 2014, On Good Morning Britain speaking about his view of tax avoidance schemes and if Gary Barlow should give back his OBE following claims that the singer took part in one - Prime Minister David Cameron speaks to Good Morning Britain, ITV (12 May 2014) http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/prime-minister-david-cameron-speaks-good-morning-britain
„The root cause of the threat we face is the extremist ideology itself.“
— David Cameron
2010s, 2015, Speech on (20 July 2015)
„I have also always believed that we have to confront big decisions, not duck them. That is why we delivered the first coalition government in 70 years, to bring our economy back from the brink.“
— David Cameron
2010s, 2016, Speech delivered outside outside 10 Downing Street, announcing that he would resign as prime minister after British voters chose to leave the European Union in a referendum (June 24, 2016), see David Cameron's resignation speech in full http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/24/europe/david-cameron-full-resignation-speech/ (published by CNN)
„Picture by picture, these criminals are being identified and arrested, and we will not let any phony concerns about human rights get in the way of the publication of these pictures and the arrest of these individuals.“
— David Cameron
2010s, 2011, On the 2011 England riots, August, 2011. (Andrew Sparrow. " David Cameron: Police can use water cannon to control riots http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/10/david-cameron-water-cannon-police-riots", The Guardian, 10 August 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.)
