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...David Cameron: Yes, labels are often misleading or unfortunate, but I always thought the label "modern, compassionate Conservative" was a good mantra. Modern, because I think the Conservative Party has always been a party about the future and the changes necessary to take advantage of current circumstances, and the party needed to modernize. Compassionate, because conservatism does have a lot to say to me about helping those people who can get left behind. But Conservative, because we believe that if you trust people and give them more power and responsibility over their lives, you get a stronger society. So that...
During the course of a day spent campaigning in Scotland, Conservative Party leader David Cameron explains his political philosophy, while ducking comparisons with Margaret Thatcher...
...David Cameron: I think I've had the advantage of being able to spend time learning the lessons of the last 10 years. We've got a long way still to go but the progress over the last year has been based on the fact that we had a clear understanding of what was wrong and what needed to be put right and I sought a mandate from the Conservative Party to put it right and said there was going to be a lot of change: party modernization in terms of candidates, changing some of the positions of the party...
...David Cameron: I supported the decision to go to war, and most of the Conservative Party voted with the government at the time. There were serious mistakes made subsequent to that - disbanding the Iraqi army and the police force, allowing a situation of anarchy to develop, the lack of proper post-war planning in terms of how Iraq was going to run - and I think there are some different decisions that could have been taken that would have led to very different consequences. Even now, I would be more comfortable with something that was closer to the Baker-Hamilton plan...
...show up, and thus the maximum number of stargazers tune in. Of the 24 competitive Academy Awards, four go to actors; of the 25 competitive Golden Globes, actors get 14. The star wattage is blinding for folks who care less about Best Live Action Short Subject than how far Cameron Diaz's table is from Justin Timberlake's. (Ten feet, one TV Seymour Hersh reported.) So from the pre-show arrivals, where the celebs emerge from their ostentatiously eco-friendly limos to trod the red carpet and schmooze with microphone-holders from the four or six networks covering the event...