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| − | Cameron's pre-parliamentary career included spells as a staffer for controversial Conservative politician [[Norman Lamont]] and as a PR executive. | + | Cameron's pre-parliamentary career included spells as a staffer for controversial Conservative politician [[Norman Lamont]] and as a PR executive. Cameron was elected to Parliament as MP for Witney in Oxfordshire at the 2001 general election. Cameron was elected leader of the [[Conservative Party]] in December 2005, succeeding [[Michael Howard]]. |
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| − | Cameron was elected to Parliament as MP for Witney in Oxfordshire at the 2001 general election.
| + | In late June 2007, at the end of then-Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]]'s final Prime Minister's Questions session in the [[House of Commons]], David Cameron led his opposition party in giving the outgoing leader a standing ovation. This was despite the fact that Tony Blair was the leader of the British socialist movement, and one of the fiercest and most successful opponents of conservatism in British history.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1555758/Tony-Blair-steps-down-to-a-standing-ovation.html Tony Blair steps down to standing ovation] - Daily Telegraph, June 27, 2007</ref> |
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| − | Cameron was elected leader of the [[Conservative Party]] in December 2005, succeeding [[Michael Howard]].
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| − | In late June 2007, at the end of then-Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]]'s final Prime Minister's Questions session in the [[House of Commons]], David Cameron led his opposition party in giving the outgoing leader a standing ovation.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1555758/Tony-Blair-steps-down-to-a-standing-ovation.html Tony Blair steps down to standing ovation] - Daily Telegraph, June 27, 2007</ref> | |
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| | ==Policies== | | ==Policies== |