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4 February 2010

David Cameron, 2005

David Cameron, leadership bid, Conservative party conference, October 2005.

By Staff Blogger

Cameron delivered this crucial speech in October 2005 knowing that he was trailing David Davis in the Conservative leadership race. The speech attacked the Tory status quo, telling representatives that they had to fundamentally change the party, and describing their previous eight years in opposition as a “failure”.

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