Tag: David Cameron

• Friday, January 20th 2012 - 00:02 UTC

  Argentina praises ‘immediate support’ from the region in the Falklands’ dispute

  

  Argentina’s acting president and Vice-President Amado Boudou praised the immediate support expressed by several countries in the region in the bilateral conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty.

• Thursday, January 19th 2012 - 23:07 UTC

  “Argentina plotting a mock fishermen’s Falklands’ invasion” says UK media

  

  A British newspaper revealed that the UK Prime Minister’s accusations of ‘colonialism’ against Argentina came after being warned that “Buenos Aires was plotting a mock fishermen’s invasion” of the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 23:35 UTC

  Timerman and Randazzo lash back at Cameron over Falklands’ dispute

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman echoed the statements made by UK’s Prime Minister David Cameron in which he accused Argentina of “colonialism,” and counter attacked by saying that “it catches one’s attention to hear such statements when Great Britain and Colonialism are synonymous.”

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 16:14 UTC

  Cameron accuses Argentina of ‘colonialism’ and reiterates protection of Falklands

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron has accused Argentina of “colonialism” over the country's claim to the Falkland Islands. Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons, Cameron vowed to protect the Islands' population and allow them to decide their own future.

• Monday, January 16th 2012 - 02:35 UTC

  PM Cameron ready to discuss a referendum on Scottish independence

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron offered on Sunday to hold talks with Scottish leader Alex Salmond to thrash out their differences over arrangements for a referendum on Scottish independence that could lead to a break-up of the United Kingdom.

• Monday, January 9th 2012 - 06:57 UTC

  PM Cameron discards any Falklands’ sovereignty negotiations with Argentina

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron discarded any Falkland Islands sovereignty negotiations with Argentina and said that his government is permanently vigilant about the protection of the Islands and their defence.

• Thursday, December 29th 2011 - 21:58 UTC

  Majority of Conservatives (54%) believe UK should leaver the EU, shows poll

  

  A majority of the ruling Conservative Party members believe Britain should leave the European Union, according to an opinion poll. A survey of party members by the ConservativeHome website for The Independent found 54% would favour ending Britain’s EU membership and signing up to a free-trade agreement

• Friday, December 23rd 2011 - 04:39 UTC

  “We can never accept the Argentine government’s challenge to Falklands self-determination”

  

  “We will always maintain our commitment to you on any question of sovereignty because your right to self-determination is the cornerstone of our policy”, said British Prime Minister David Cameron in his Christmas message to the Falkland Islands.

• Saturday, December 17th 2011 - 02:52 UTC

  Cameron: UK is a Christian country and “we should not be afraid to say so”

  

  Prime Minister David Cameron said the UK is a Christian country “and we should not be afraid to say so”.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2011 - 06:21 UTC

  Cameron reaffirms decision and tells Parliament UK has not lost influence in EU

  

  British PM David Cameron has said he “genuinely looked to reach an agreement” at the EU summit but vetoed treaty change because it was not in the national interest. Cameron told MPs he negotiated in “good faith” and his demands were “modest, reasonable and relevant”.