Tag Archives: David Cameron

Getting a Grip

Last week was a time most people in 10 Downing Street would probably like to forget. Bad headlines in the press over the failure to evacuate Britons from Libya with sufficient speed, a Prime Ministerial apology for the same and a deputy PM who unwisely joked that he did not realise he was meant to be in charge.
Posted on March 2, 2011 By Adrian McMenamin
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The Problem with the “Big Society”

David Cameron has been on the offensive today to defend what he calls his “mission” – the creation of a “Big Society.” But it is not clear he is going to end the long and deep bear market with this idea.
Posted on February 14, 2011 By Adrian McMenamin
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The Morning After the Night Before

The headlines in the UK this morning are dominated by the attack on the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall’s limo by student protestors . The picture of the shocked but physically unscathed couple is a perfect metaphor for the country’s coalition government which, last night, won a vote on raising the cap on university tuition fees but in the process seem to have been left psychologically scarred.
Posted on December 10, 2010 By Adrian McMenamin
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Cameron to Party and Country: You too Need to Work with Us ‘Two’

If there were a prize for the best speech to be delivered to a British party conference this autumn, David Cameron would probably have won it this afternoon, but it has to be said that the competition was less than fierce.
Posted on October 6, 2010 By Adrian McMenamin
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UK Election 2010: Queen’s Speech

With a new coalition government in place in the United Kingdom, the Queen has called Parliament into session and we get our first look at the new political agenda for Britain.
Posted on May 26, 2010 By David King
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Jonathan Powell on the 2010 UK General Election

On Tuesday, 11th May, we were fortunate to have Jonathan Powell, former chief of staff to Prime Minister Tony Blair in our London offices to speak to an invited group of Ambassadors and diplomatic officials. As the negotiations continued over who would govern Britain, Mr Powell assessed the performance of all the parties in the 2010 General Election, and what it would mean for the future.
Posted on May 13, 2010 By David King
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