David Cameron

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• 9-18-16
  

  The Fall of David Cameron

  by Deepak Tripathi

  Now that he’s gone, we can see his bad choices.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  7-15-16
  

  Historians’ verdict on David Cameron

  The Guardian asked these historians: Ian Kershaw, Anthony Seldon, Selina Todd, Hakim Ali, Juliet Gardiner and Vernon Bogdanor

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• SOURCE: NYT
  12-17-15
  

  Talks on Britain’s Future in European Union Echo the Past

  The position Prime Minister David Cameron faces as he enters talks in Brussels is similar to the situation in 1974, when Britons last had a chance to vote on their European destiny.

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• SOURCE: The Telegraph
  11-14-13
  

  Sri Lankan minister: David Cameron behaving like a "colonialist"

  Minister Keheliya Rambukwella made the statement after Cameron called for an independent inquiry into alleged war crimes in the country.

• SOURCE: NYT
  2-20-13
  

  Should British Politicians Apologize for Colonialism?

  On Wednesday, Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain appeared in Amritsar, in the Indian state of Punjab, where he laid a commemorative wreath at Jallianwala Bagh, the site of a 1919 massacre of Indian protesters by British forces that killed about 1,000, according to the Indian government....Here’s what a few historians and political science experts had to say:...Basudev Chatterji, professor of history at University of Delhi:It is something he is doing as a representative of a country. It is a diplomatic and human gesture.It is, of course, a shameful thing to fire at unarmed people.I personally don’t believe in correcting historical wrongs, but it is a perfectly decent thing to do on the part of the British prime minister....

• SOURCE: Telegraph (UK)
  2-20-13
  

  PM Cameron visits Amritsar – but no apology

  David Cameron has been criticised for failing to meet the families of Indians killed by British troops as he tried to make amends for a "deeply shameful" Imperial massacre.The Prime Minister invoked Sir Winston Churchill as he lamented the "monstrous" killings in Amritsar in 1919.Mr Cameron flew to Amritsar at the end of a trade visit to Delhi and made a public show of British contrition over the massacre, which left at least 379 Sikh civilians dead.The Prime Minister visited a memorial in the Jallianwala Bagh gardens, laying a wreath and writing in a book of remembrance....