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People, composure and the difficult conversation held well.
David Cameron is a former Prime Minister who led the UK during a tumultuous period marked by significant political challenges. This interview reveals his approach to leadership as one focused on coalition-building and navigating the intricacies of governance, while also highlighting the complexities and pressures he faced during his tenure.
“Yes, I would have said that was one of those mistakes. And I actually think the whole idea, I think, Fanisher, right, and we're wrong. I don't think major constitutional changes should be able to happen just because one politician wants them.”
“And unfortunately, Portugal has had a bit of a bad reputation of corruption. I'm fascinated by corruption because we talk about it a lot in British politics, but the scale in Portugal has been much more dramatic. Socrates, who was the successor, Antonio Guterres, who's now the UN Secretary General, was the Prime Minister of Portugal.”
“That would be interesting depends what he's felt actually over the last six, seven years of his life. I mean, I think as an ex-politician myself, I mean, there are definitely moments where you really do feel incredible nostalgia and lack because there's a sense of purpose in government that is very difficult to get in private life.”
“Very large kind of half a million people, and even though There's been an increasing emigration from France to Israel over the last ten, twenty years, still a very significant population.”
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