Cameron: Practically a Conservative

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A fully updated edition of the first major biography of David Cameron now covering his first years as Prime Minister and leader of the coalition government.
David Cameron is the first Conservative Prime Minister in a generation, and also the first leader of a coalition government for eighty years. But what is the reality behind his brand of repackaged Conservatism And who is Cameron the man

Here, for the first time, is an independent examination of the saviour of the Conservative Party and the life that brought him to Number 10. Based on extensive interviews with his closest friends, his most senior lieutenants and his critics, it traces his meteoric rise from an idyllic, privileged childhood, to the heart of government by the age of 25, to leader of the country.

Critical and insightful by turn, this updated edition now covers Camerons first year as Prime Minister a time that has seen unprecedented scandal in the political world, as well as challenges unique to the Conservative leader.

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Invaluable the fresh material makes clear the deep shock of failure in 2010 and the ad hoc mess of the early coalition Independent

Provides many insightsThe authors underline the hard ambition and calculation behind the surface charm, raising fascinating questions about what Cameron might be like as Prime Minister. Peter Riddell, The Times

If anyone doubts Cameron's classic Tory credentials, then this highly rewarding biography lays out the story brilliantly. Sunday Telegraph

This readable and well-researched biography provides real insight into the great white hope of the Conservative party. Observer, Books of the Year

This essential political textbook will be required reading for every journalist covering David Cameron's every move until the general election. Independent

Author Bio

Francis Elliott studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford and worked first for the New Statesman magazine before learning his trade on local papers in Carlisle and Edinburgh. He was appointed Westminster editor for Scotland on Sunday in 1999 and went on to become the Sunday Telegraphs deputy political editor before joining the Independent on Sunday in 2003, where he was recently made Whitehall editor. He was shortlisted in 2005 for What the Papers Say Scoop of the Year for his work on David Blunketts business interests. He lives in East London with his wife and two young children. James Hanning was educated at Eton and LSE. He spent several years living abroad preparing a doctoral thesis on Italian politics before starting a career in journalism. Initially he worked freelance for free magazines before joining the Daily Mail and then moving to the Londoners Diary on the Evening Standard. Under Max Hastings he rose to become Associate Editor, with responsibility for the Comment pages. In 2004 he was appointed Executive Editor of the Independent on Sunday. He lives in West London with his wife and two children.