UK News David Cameron is UK's new prime minister

[Wiseman_2]

Conservative leader David Cameron has become the new UK prime minister after the resignation of Gordon Brown.

Mr Cameron, 43, entered 10 Downing Street after travelling to Buckingham Palace to formally accept the Queen's request to form the next government.

He said he aimed to form a "proper and full coalition" with the Lib Dems to provide "strong, stable government".

Tory sources say Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg will be deputy prime minister in the new government.

In a speech outside his new Downing Street home, Mr Cameron said he and Mr Clegg would "put aside party differences and work hard for the common good and the national interest".

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[sqrage]

I know nothing about British politics... Is this good or bad, from a perspective that enjoys freedom and peace?

 

[Jindo]

It would depend.

As a Labour supporter I'm obviously unhappy about this, but I'm pretty sure that whatever happens the Conservative party won't last long.

David Cameron basically used his advertising campaign to say why not to vote for Labour, rather than why you should vote for him. The majority of his speeches were used to bash the Labour party for all of their mistakes, forgetting that they have actually done quite a lot for us in the 13 years that they have been in power. The fact that he got elected just says to me how much people actually care about the policies, because Cameron certainly did well not to discuss many of them.

 

[Jesus4Lyf]

David Cameron basically used his advertising campaign to say why not to vote for Labour, rather than why you should vote for him. The majority of his speeches were used to bash the Labour party for all of their mistakes, forgetting that they have actually done quite a lot for us in the 13 years that they have been in power. The fact that he got elected just says to me how much people actually care about the policies, because Cameron certainly did well not to discuss many of them.

Ah, so he got in the same way as our prime minister. Gotcha.

 

[Wiseman_2]

David Cameron basically used his advertising campaign to say why not to vote for Labour, rather than why you should vote for him. The majority of his speeches were used to bash the Labour party for all of their mistakes, forgetting that they have actually done quite a lot for us in the 13 years that they have been in power. The fact that he got elected just says to me how much people actually care about the policies, because Cameron certainly did well not to discuss many of them.

Brown's campaign was no different, and Clegg came across as a fast-talking yes-man who claimed to have all the answers but who - to me - resembled Teflon Tony during his early years. In short, they were all as bad as each other, but voting for one of the fringe parties (who had no chance of getting in) would have been a wasted vote. And considering my outright opposition to certain Labour policies - ID Cards come to mind - I voted Conservative.

And what HAVE Labour done for us exactly over these last 13 years? As far as I can tell, they've just let in hundreds of thousands of immigrants who prevented me and several of my friends getting summer jobs in the last couple of years (it is currently nearly impossible for me to find a part-time job to help contribute to my University education, and I am relying on money from my parents for food). They also gave out EMA (Education Maintainence Allowance) to people who did not necessarily deserve it and certainly did not use that money to actually fund their education.
They also left towns across England as deserts as small businesses shut down and projects were started and stopped. My hometown of Bradford is known more for its large ethnic community and dirty great big crater in the centre than it is for anything else. My adopted town of Derby has one of the highest rates of unoccupied shop units in the country and also has a lot of unfinished building projects scattered around town.

So yeah. I would prefer to see UKIP in government more than anyone, but I suppose it comes down to being 'the lesser of two evils'.

 

[Jindo]

Brown's campaign was no different,

I didn't get to see his campaign, our local billboards all had conservative stuff on them.

One thing I did see from Labour was a 10 minute advert highlighting all of the positive things that they have done. (Conservatives was again telling me that Labour has screwed up and that you should "vote for change"...)