Word: cameronism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...David Cameron: I wrote an article in The Telegraph to answer some of my critics, take them on, correct some of their impressions. I was finding it rather infuriating some of the things people were saying and getting wrong. To me, Mrs Thatcher, it's all a long time in the past. People are voting at the next election who were born after Mrs. Thatcher left office. It's an important thought. So I'm not trying to be the heir to anybody in particular. I'm just trying to do the job. But there are some important things...
...David Cameron: A new era, with new challenges. Margaret Thatcher was facing a Britain that was economically bankrupt and going down the pan, and she had to give Britain back a successful economy, which she did. But today, we face very different challenges. It's much more about social breakdown, the new environmental challenges, the security challenges. It's a different environment...
...David Cameron: That's true. TIME: Is Blair's legacy going to be having made possible the more consensual kind of politics that you're aiming towards...
...David Cameron: I'm not sure Blair is going to have that strong a legacy. He had an amazing opportunity. He inherited a growing economy, he had three large majorities. He had everything going for him. His problem is he didn't know enough what he wanted to do. All politicians since Margaret Thatcher have been struggling to define themselves, and I think Blair has been struggling to. Looking at it from the Conservatives' point of view, it's very clear now what our mission, what our role is, and how we achieve it. As I said, Margaret Thatcher...
...David Cameron: Yes. If you look at the opinion polls there is concern that the Scots might be moving to a position where they want independence. I hope that doesn't happen, I believe in the Union and when you really ask people in Scotland what it is they want, they want a successful Scotland within the United Kingdom. I don't think they do want to break away. But the Conservative Party has quite a big part to play in making sure Scotland does stay in the Union...