History UsefulNotes / DavidCameron

Like Thatcher and Major before him, Cameron's ultimate downfall was UsefulNotes/TheEuropeanUnion. Having already taken a blow to his reputation from at least two attempts to cut benefits to low-paid workers and disabled people while handing out tax cuts to big businesses, Cameron had to fulfil his election promise to call a referendum on the UK's continued membership of the EU for June 2016. The referendum ended in a clear-cut if narrow victory for those who wanted to leave (51% wanted to leave, while 48% wanted to stay). With Cameron's position already imperilled before the referendum by Eurosceptic Conservatives who made little secret of their intention to call a vote of no confidence in his leadership irrespective of the result, Cameron announced the day after the referendum that he would resign. Upon his resignation on July 13, 2016, he was succeeded by UsefulNotes/TheresaMay.

Cameron's generally privileged upbringing and PR background has made him a rich source for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKFTtYx2OHc&feature=related satire]] and accusations that he cannot comprehend the lives of ordinary people.

As the 2015 election approached, the biggest danger to Cameron was generally seen not to be Labour -- Ed Milliband's leadership of that party often being seen as divisive and ineffectual -- but rather the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), which had adopted a much harder-right-wing set of policies and made huge gains in local and European elections, and was seen as being able to potentially split the Conservative vote and allow the election of Labour. On top of that, the Lib Dems were predicted to fare poorly, making it seem unlikely that Cameron could call on anyone else to form a coalition. During the election campaign, Cameron promised a referendum on British membership of the EU. It's generally believed that he was expecting to only retain power via a new coalition with the Lib Dems, and was making a promise he assumed that he'd never have to keep in an attempt to prevent anti-Europe Tory voters from defecting to UKIP.

In the [[UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdomGeneralElection2015 2015 election]] the Conservatives, surprising pretty much everyone, managed to gain just enough seats to form an absolute majority of 12. Cameron therefore remained as Prime Minister. The elections results also saw three other party leaders, Nigel Farage, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband, resign, albeit with Farage later rescinding his resignation due to the party's sole MP not wanting to run for the leadership. As Cameron entered Buckingham Palace at 12:28, the Conservatives only needed one to win a majority. The Conservatives shortly after reached a majority.

In 2015, a book was published that infamously accused him of having engaged in certain activities with the head of a pig as part of an initiation ritual to the previously mentioned Bullingdon Club. Regardless of whether the allegations are true or not, it's led to quite its share of jokes, especially as a result of certain scenes within ''Series/BlackMirror''.

The general opinion amoung political writers about his time in office can basically be summed up as "amongst the worst", and that it'll take a miracle for historical perspective to ever get much kinder.

As the 2015 election approached, the biggest danger to Cameron was generally seen not to be Labour -- Ed Milliband's leadership of that party often being seen as divisive and ineffectual -- but rather the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), which had adopted a much harder-right-wing set of policies and made huge gains in local and European elections, and was seen as being able to potentially split the Conservative vote and allow the election of Labour. On top of that, the Lib Dems were predicted to fare poorly, making it seem unlikely that Cameron could call on anyone else to form a coalition.

Like Thatcher and Major before him, Cameron's ultimate downfall was UsefulNotes/TheEuropeanUnion. Having already taken a blow to his reputation from at least two attempts to cut benefits to low-paid workers and disabled people while handing out tax cuts to big businesses, Cameron called a referendum on the UK's continued membership of the EU for June 2016. the referendum ended in a clear-cut if narrow victory for those who wanted to leave (51% wanted to leave, while 48% wanted to stay). With Cameron's position already imperilled before the referendum by Eurosceptic Conservatives who made little secret of their intention to call a vote of no confidence in his leadership irrespective of the result, Cameron announced the day after the referendum that he would resign. Upon his resignation on July 13, 2016, he was succeeded by UsefulNotes/TheresaMay.

The general opinion amoung political writers about his time in office can basically be summed up as "amongst the worst", and that it'll be a miracle if historical perspective will ever get much kinder.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Headcases}}'' featured Cameron speaking with a distinctively "normal accent" in public and a more "Old Etonian" on in private.

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, '''David William Donald Cameron''' (born 1966), was the first Conservative PM of the 21st century and the youngest since 1812.

Like Thatcher and Major before him, Cameron's ultimate downfall was UsefulNotes/TheEuropeanUnion. Having already taken a blow to his reputation from at least two attempts to cut benefits to low-paid workers and disabled people while handing out tax cuts to big businesses, Cameron called a referendum on the UK's continued membership of the EU for June 2016. However, his attempts to campaign for the country to stay in the EU were widely condemned as empty scaremongering by the media, and the referendum ended in a clear-cut if narrow victory for those who wanted to leave (51% wanted to leave, while 48% wanted to stay). With Cameron's position already imperilled before the referendum by Eurosceptic Conservatives who made little secret of their intention to call a vote of no confidence in his leadership irrespective of the result, Cameron announced the day after the referendum that he would resign. Upon his resignation on July 13, 2016, he was succeeded by UsefulNotes/TheresaMay.

Like Thatcher and Major before him, Cameron's ultimate downfall was UsefulNotes/TheEuropeanUnion. Having already taken a blow to his reputation from at least two attempts to cut benefits to low-paid workers and disabled people while handing out tax cuts to big businesses, Cameron called a referendum on the UK's continued membership of the EU for June 2016. However, his attempts to campaign for the country to stay in the EU were widely condemned as empty scaremongering by the media, and the referendum ended in a clear-cut if narrow victory for those who wanted to leave (51% wanted to leave, while 48% wanted to stay). With Cameron's position already imperilled before the referendum by Eurosceptic Conservatives who made little secret of their intention to call a vote of no confidence in his leadership irrespective of the result, Cameron announced the day after the referendum that he would resign. Upon his resignation on July 13, 2016, he was succeeded by Theresa May.

* Despite his corporate/Oxbridge background, David is trying awfully hard to come across as a man of the people. This is where most satire about Cameron comes from: in ''Tony! The Blair Musical'', he's featured [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy rapping about it]].

Like Thatcher and Major before him, Cameron's ultimate downfall was the European Union. Having already taken a blow to his reputation from at least two attempts to cut benefits to low-paid workers and disabled people while handing out tax cuts to big businesses, Cameron called a referendum on the UK's continued membership of the EU for June 2016. However, his attempts to campaign for the country to stay in the EU were widely condemned as empty scaremongering by the media, and the referendum ended in a clear-cut if narrow victory for those who wanted to leave (51% wanted to leave, while 48% wanted to stay). With Cameron's position already imperilled before the referendum by Eurosceptic Conservatives who made little secret of their intention to call a vote of no confidence in his leadership irrespective of the result, Cameron announced the day after the referendum that he would resign. Upon his resignation on July 13, 2016, he was succeeded by Theresa May.

Current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, '''David William Donald Cameron''' (born 1966), is the first Conservative PM of the 21st century and the youngest since 1812.

Like Thatcher and Major before him, Cameron's ultimate downfall was the European Union. Having already taken a blow to his reputation from at least two attempts to cut benefits to low-paid workers and disabled people while handing out tax cuts to big businesses, Cameron called a referendum on the UK's continued membership of the EU for June 2016. However, his attempts to campaign for the country to stay in the EU were widely condemned as empty scaremongering by the media, and the referendum ended in a clear-cut if narrow victory for those who wanted to leave (51% wanted to leave, while 48% wanted to stay). With Cameron's position already imperilled before the referendum by Eurosceptic Conservatives who made little secret of their intention to call a vote of no confidence in his leadership irrespective of the result, Cameron announced the day after the referendum that he would resign. With the selection of Theresa May as the next head of the Conservative Party and therefore the next Prime Minister, Cameron announced that his resignation would be effective as of July 13th, 2016.

Like Thatcher and Major before him, Cameron's ultimate downfall was the European Union. Having already taken a blow to his reputation from at least two attempts to cut benefits to low-paid workers and disabled people while handing out tax cuts to big businesses, Cameron called a referendum on the UK's continued membership of the EU for June 2016. However, his attempts to campaign for the country to stay in the EU were widely condemned as empty scaremongering by the media, and the referendum ended in a clear-cut if narrow victory for those who wanted to leave (51% wanted to leave, while 48% wanted to stay). With Cameron's position already imperilled before the referendum by Eurosceptic Conservatives who made little secret of their intention to call a vote of no confidence in his leadership irrespective of the result, Cameron announced the day after the referendum that he would resign in October 2016.

Like Thatcher and Major before him, Cameron's ultimate downfall was the European Union. Having already taken a blow to his reputation from at least two attempts to cut benefits to low-paid workers and disabled people while handing out tax cuts to big businesses, Cameron called a referendum on the UK's continued membership of the EU for June 2016. However, his attempts to campaign for the country to stay in the EU were widely condemned as empty scaremongering by the media, and the referendum ended in a clear-cut victory for those who wanted to leave. With Cameron's position already imperilled before the referendum by Eurosceptic Conservatives who made little secret of their intention to call a vote of no confidence in his leadership irrespective of the result, Cameron announced the day after the referendum that he would resign in October 2016.

During that campaign, he said he would not fight a third general election, but it is not clear when precisely he will step down.

In 2015, a book was published that infamously accused him of having engaged in certain activities with the head of a pig as part of a fraternity initiation ritual. Regardless of whether the allegations are true or not, it's led to quite its share of jokes, especially as a result of certain scenes within ''Series/BlackMirror''.

* Despite his corporate/ivy league background, David is trying awfully hard to come across as a man of the people. This is where most satire about Cameron comes from: in ''Tony! The Blair Musical'', he's featured [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy rapping about it]].

His early life saw him attend Eton College (as have many Prime Ministers) and Oxford University (ditto). At the latter he was a member of the Bullingdon Club, an invite-only students' drinking club renowned for being seriously posh and seriously destructive. After graduating, he was an adviser to Norman Lamont and Michael Howard in the UsefulNotes/JohnMajor administration, then worked in public relations.

* Steve Bell's long-running cartoon in the Guardian portrayed him as a jellyfish wearing a cycle helmet, and later with an inflated condom for a head.

In 2015, a book was published that infamously accused him of having engaged in certain activities with the head of a pig as part of a fraternity initiation ritual. Regardless of whether the allegations are true or not, it's led to quite its share of MemeticMutation, especially as a result of certain scenes within ''Series/BlackMirror''.

In 2015, a book was published that infamously accused him of having [[BestialityIsDepraved engaged in certain activities]] with the head of a pig as part of a fraternity initiation ritual. Regardless of whether the allegations are true or not, it's led to quite its share of MemeticMutation, especially as a result of certain scenes within ''Series/BlackMirror''.

* Despite his corporate/ivy league background, David is trying awfully hard to come across as a man of the people. This is where most satire about Cameron comes from: in ''Tony! The Blair Musical'', he's featured [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy rapping about it.]]

Current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David William Donald Cameron (1966 to present), is the first Conservative PM of the 21st century and the youngest since 1812.

In 2015, a book was published that infamously accused him of having engaged in certain activities with the head of a pig as part of a fraternity initiation ritual. Regardless of whether the allegations are true or not, it's led to quite its share of MemeticMutation, especially as a result of certain scenes within ''Series/BlackMirror''.

[[Wiki/RationalWiki He is so slippery smooth that he will be used as the bobsleigh by the British team at the next Winter Olympics.]]

In 2015, a book was published that infamously accused him of having engaged in certain activities with the head of a pig during some WackyFratboyHijinks. Regardless of whether the allegations are true or not, it's led to quite its share of MemeticMutation, especially as a result of certain scenes within ''Series/BlackMirror''.

His early life saw him attend Eton College (as have many Prime Ministers) and Oxford University (ditto). At the latter he was a member of the [[BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats Bullingdon Club]], an invite-only students' drinking club renowned for being seriously posh and seriously destructive. After graduating, he was an adviser to Norman Lamont and Michael Howard in the UsefulNotes/JohnMajor administration, then worked in public relations.

Cameron looked likely to become PM from the start of the recession onwards, but his lead was steadily eroded, mostly by the impression that he was offering nothing but a retread on the divisive policies of UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher, and a strong performance by Liberal Democrat leader UsefulNotes/NickClegg in the first leaders' debates in British electoral history (which didn't lead to the huge gain that his party expected) proved enough to produce a "Hung Parliament". UsefulNotes/GordonBrown resigned when he could not negotiate a Liberal Democrat/Labour coalition. Later that day David successfully made a coalition with the Lib Dems.

Despite the obvious success he achieved in managing to form a government, Cameron has come under criticism for not being able to achieve a more decisive and conclusive victory against a largely unpopular incumbent. Many of his policies have also not been incredibly popular, or have seen a certain amount of criticism or protest; however, much of the criticism seems to have been successfully deflected onto the Lib Dems and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, their leader. It helps that a significant percentage of Lib Dems vote that way precisely because while they may disagree with Labour, they definitely ''don't'' want a Conservative government, and were not incredibly impressed by Clegg getting into bed with Cameron (not literally, although a certain amount of HoYay has ''not'' gone unnoticed). While Cameron and his party might not be the most popular people ever, support for Clegg and the Lib Dems has drastically plummeted as they're increasingly seen to be lapdogs for the Conservatives.

In the [[UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdomGeneralElection2015 2015 election]] the Conservatives, surprising pretty much everyone, managed to gain just enough seats to form an absolute majority of 12.[[note]](And that was with constituency boundaries specifically designed to favour ''Labour''; the Conservatives had wanted to redraw them in the previous years, but the Lib Dems refused to co-operate on the grounds that it would have hurt them as well. Had the election been run under the boundaries that were in place in 1997, the Conservatives would have won a majority of around 70-80, while Labour would have dropped to their lowest number of seats since before World War II)[[/note]] Cameron therefore remained as Prime Minister. The elections results also saw three other party leaders, Nigel Farage, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband, resign, albeit with [[ILied Farage later rescinding his resignation due to the party's sole MP not wanting to run for the leadership]]. As he entered Buckingham Palace at 12:28 the Conservatives only needed one to win a majority. The Conservatives shortly after reached a majority.

Infamously was accused in a 2015 book of having... [[BestialityIsDepraved done things with the head of a dead pig]] as part of some WackyFratboyHijinks. Regardless of whether the allegations are true or not, it's led to quite its share of MemeticMutation (and flashbacks to Series/BlackMirror).

Cameron's generally privileged upbringing has made him a rich source for satire- and class-based attacks on him. Like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKFTtYx2OHc&feature=related this]]. As has his PR background.

In the [[UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdomGeneralElection2015 2015 election]] the Conservatives, surprising pretty much everyone, managed to gain just enough seats to form an absolute majority of 12.[[note]](And that was with constituency boundaries specifically designed to favour ''Labour''; the Conservatives had wanted to redraw them in the previous years, but the Lib Dems refused to co-operate on the grounds that it would have hurt them as well. Had the election been run under the boundaries that were in place in 1997, the Conservatives would have won a majority of around 70-80, while Labour would have dropped to their lowest number of seats since before World War II)[[/note]] Cameron therefore remained as Prime Minister. The elections results also saw three other party leaders, Nigel Farage, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband, resign, albeit with Farage later rescinding his resignation due to the party's sole MP not wanting to run for the leadership. As he entered Buckingham Palace at 12:28 the Conservatives only needed one to win a majority. The Conservatives shortly after reached a majority.

As the 2015 election approached, the biggest danger to Cameron was generally seen not to be Labour -- Ed Milliband's leadership of that party often being seen as divisive and ineffectual -- but rather the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), which has adopted a much harder-right-wing set of policies and made huge gains in local and European elections, and is seen as being able to potentially split the Conservative vote and allow the election of Labour.

In the [[UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdomGeneralElection2015 2015 election]] the Conservatives, surprisingly pretty much everyone, managed to gain just enough seats to form an absolute majority of 12. Cameron therefore remained as Prime Minister. The elections results also saw three other party leaders, Nigel Farage, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband, resign. As he entered Buckingham Palace at 12:28 the Conservatives only needed one to win a majority. The Conservatives shortly after reached a majority.

* Cameron, like all party leaders, is a regular target for ''Magazine/PrivateEye'', particularly in the comic strip ''Dave Snooty and his Pals'' (a spoof of ''ComicBook/TheBeano'''s ''Lord Snooty''). In the spirit of the Coalition, he shares his text feature, a parody school newsletter, with Nick Clegg.

Despite the obvious success he achieved in managing to form a government, Cameron has come under criticism for not being able to achieve a more decisive and conclusive victory against a largely unpopular incumbent. Many of his policies have also not been incredibly popular, or have seen a certain amount of criticism or protest; however, much of the criticism seems to have been successfully deflected onto the Lib Dems and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, their leader. It helps that a significant percentage of Lib Dems vote that way precisely because while they may disagree with Labour, they definitely ''don't'' want a Conservative government, and were not incredibly impressed by Clegg getting into bed with Cameron (not literally, although a certain amount of HoYay has ''not'' gone unnoticed). While Cameron and his party might not be the most popular people ever, support for Clegg and the Lib Dems has drastically plummeted as they're increasingly seen to be lapdogs for the Conservatives. As the 2015 election approaches, the biggest danger to Cameron is generally seen not to be Labour -- Ed Milliband's leadership of that party often being seen as divisive and ineffectual -- but rather the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), which has adopted a much harder-right-wing set of policies and made huge gains in local and European elections, and is seen as being able to potentially split the Conservative vote and allow the election of Labour.

In the [[UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdomGeneralElection2015 2015 election]] the Conservatives managed to gain just enough seats to form an absolute majority of 12. Cameron therefore remained as Prime Minister. The elections results also saw three other party leaders, Nigel Farage, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband, resign. As he entered Buckingham Palace at 12:28 the Conservatives only needed one to win a majority. The Conservatives shortly after reached a majority.

Current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David William Donald Cameron (1966 to present), is the first Conservative PM of the 21st century and the youngest since 1812. Next to Blair, he's probably the best British politician of our age, having repeatedly done the politically "impossible": Won two referendums, modernised an ailing party, and even in 'failure' (the 2010 election) still managed the largest gain the Tories have ever had--and he's still being misread by his opponents as a PR flak with no spine. (Their funeral.)