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In too many cases antibiotics have stopped working. That means people are dying of simple infections or conditions like TB (tuberculosis), tetanus, sepsis, infections that should not mean a death sentence, if we do nothing about this there will be a cumulative hit to the world economy of $100 trillion and it is potentially the end of modern medicine as we know it.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We have just got to stick at it and do everything we can to try to bring this to a successful conclusion. As I have always said, there are no guarantees, we can't guarantee this is going to work but we are doing everything we can.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We continue to work towards trying to get a good outcome for Tata in south Wales, the sales process is under way, there has been an encouraging number of serious offers coming through, we have just got to stick at it and do everything we can to try to bring this to a successful conclusion. As I have always said, there are no guarantees, we can't guarantee this is going to work but we are doing everything we can.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I have a salary as prime minister, and I have some savings, which I get some interest from, and I have a house.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We've got to break the business model of the criminal smugglers and stop the desperate flow of people crammed into makeshift vessels from embarking on a fruitless and perilous journey.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Britain will be out of the parts of Europe that do not work for us -- we will be permanently and legally protected from being a part of an ever-closer union.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on CNN 8 years ago
In my view, this is no time to divide the West, this is a time for strength in numbers.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on CNN 8 years ago
As I've said I'll only do a deal if we get what Britain needs. So we are going to get back in there, and we are going to do some more work and I'll do everything I can.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I was here till 5 o'clock this morning working through this and we've made some progress but there's still no deal, as I've said I'll only do a deal if we get what Britain needs. So we are going to get back in there, and we are going to do some more work and I'll do everything I can.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If he came to visit our country, I think he would unite us all against him.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on CNN 8 years ago
What tends to happen with these questions is that if you say yes to one, then you would suddenly find the British Museum empty.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Later this week, I will set out in parliament our comprehensive strategy for tackling ISIL.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I firmly support the action that President Hollande has taken to strike ISIL (Islamic State) in Syria and it is my firm conviction that Britain should do so too, later this week, I will set out in parliament our comprehensive strategy for tackling ISIL.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Russia has different aims to us and they have repeatedly threatened to veto any such resolution.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Shocked, but resolute. In sorrow, but unbowed. My message to the French people is simple: Nous sommes solidaires avec vous. Nous sommes tous ensemble. We stand with you. United.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
If this strike was successful - and we still await confirmation of that - it will be a strike at the heart of ISIL (Islamic State).
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
If this strike was successful and we're still awaiting confirmation of that, it will be a strike at the heart of ISIS.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on CNN 9 years ago
But it's certainly possible that there was a bomb on board.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We need to put in place more security at that airport so it's safe to fly people home. That's our priority, that's what we'll work with the Egyptians to do.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We cannot be certain that the Russian airliner was brought down by a terrorist bomb, but it looks increasingly likely that that was the case.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I dropped into The Plough at Cadsden for a pint of IPA and some fish and chips with China's President Xi.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Obviously there are issues at the moment that are being addressed in China and I think the growth will continue.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It’s going to be a very important moment for British-Chinese relations, which are in a very good state, something of a golden era in our relationship, the change we will see is obviously the investment into our infrastructure, Chinese companies employing people and creating jobs. But I think it's also a big win for China as well, having access to a country that is a leading member of the EU and has so many other contacts and roles in the world.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I acknowledge that those wounds run very deep indeed, but I do hope that as friends who have gone through so much together since those darkest of times, we can move on from this hateful legacy.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
If this is part of international action against ISIL (IS) and that appalling terrorist death cult outfit, then that is all to the good, if, on the other hand, this is action against the Free Syrian Army and in defence of Assad the dictator, then obviously that is a retrograde step, but let's see exactly what's happened.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I don’t think there is an answer that can be achieved simply by taking more and more refugees.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
We are making progress but there is a lot more to do, including better security in the tunnel itself, we will oversee these improvements and they will take place in the coming weeks and days.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
And the UK government will be pushing up to 17 million pounds ($26.5 million) more to ensure the security of the Eurotunnel.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I have every sympathy with holiday makers who are finding access to Calais difficult because of the disturbances there, we will do everything that we can to work with the French and bring these things to a conclusion.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on CNN 9 years ago
It's about working with the French, putting in place these additional security measures, adding in the investment where that's needed.... We know how important this is.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
There's no point trying to point fingers ... of blame.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It is totally unacceptable scenes we've all been witnessing for the last day, of course, there was a key role played in this by the strike that took place in France.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We are also adding fencing around the entrance to the tunnel in Coquelles.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on CNN 9 years ago
In Calais, the French government has already been pushing in for extra resources and extra police resources. And the UK government will pushing up to 17 million pounds ($26.5 million) more to ensure the security of the Eurotunnel. we are also adding fencing around the entrance to the tunnel in Coquelles.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I say to my ministers if you want to introduce a regulation, you want to cut two regulations first. I made that as a free offer to Indonesian ministers as a great idea.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
When Indonesia announced its 276 billion pound infrastructure plan, the next opportunity for British businesses became clear.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We could frankly double, triple, quadruple that number without making a huge change to the overall picture, the scale of the opportunity here is immense.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We need young people to understand that here in the UK, they can shape the future by being an active part of our great democracy.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on CNN 9 years ago
For all our successes as a multiracial, multifaith democracy, we have to confront a tragic truth that there are people born and raised in this country who don't really identify with Britain -- and feel little or no attachment to other people here, so when groups like ISIL seek to rally our young people to their poisonous cause, it can offer them a sense of belonging that they lack here at home.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on CNN 9 years ago
A decision will made before the end of the year, it is important now that there is a very detailed report that we study and are very clear about the legal position. If we say anything now before studying the report, we will endanger whatever decision is made.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
To defeat this poisonous ideology, we must be clear about why it is so wrong. We must expose and defeat what it is that persuades young people, from Tunisia to Kuwait, from Belgium to Britain, to join ISIL.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I'm afraid that the British public need to be prepared for the fact that many of those killed will be British.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Its remaining copies may be faded, but its principles shine as brightly as ever.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
What happened in these meadows eight centuries ago is as relevant today as it was then. And that relevance extends far beyond England Britain.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We must use all the resources we have, including Britain's aid budget, which can play a role in trying to stabilize countries and trying to stop people from trafficking.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
We should put the blame squarely with the criminal human traffickers who are the ones managing, promoting and selling this trade, this trade in human life. we must use all the resources we have, including Britain's aid budget, which can play a role in trying to stabilize countries and trying to stop people from trafficking.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I've already upped the tempo, i will be in the next few days taking to the streets and taking this message about how we should continue with the plan that's working.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This would be the first time in our history that a group of nationalists from one part of our country would be involved in altering the direction of the government of our country, i think that's a frightening prospect.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The next Prime Minister walking through that door will be me or (Labour Party leader) Ed Miliband, you can choose an economy that grows, that creates jobs, that generates the money to ensure a properly funded and improving NHS (National Health Service) ... and a government that will cut taxes for 30 million hard-working people ... or you can choose the economic chaos of Ed Miliband's Britain.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Of course, we haven't fixed everything, but Britain is back on her feet again.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on CNN 9 years ago
You can choose an economy that grows, that creates jobs, that generates the money to ensure a properly funded and improving NHS (National Health Service) ... and a government that will cut taxes for 30 million hard-working people ... or you can choose the economic chaos of Ed Miliband's Britain.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Never mind talk of ducks, I am looking at Alex Salmond’s poodle.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I'll tell him what is a lame duck, and that is trying to get into Downing Street on the back of Alex Salmond’s coat tails, never mind talk of ducks, I am looking at Alex Salmond’s poodle.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
To each and every one of those people I would like to say sorry on behalf of the government for something that should not have happened.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It is difficult to imagine the feelings of unfairness that people must feel at being infected with Hepatitis C or HIV as a result of a totally unrelated treatment within the NHS, to each and every one of those people I would like to say sorry on behalf of the government for something that should not have happened.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Obviously we should not do a deal at any price, but I do think the alternatives to doing a deal are not alternatives that are attractive and frankly they are not attractive for Iran, the sanctions that we have put in place ... have done such damage to Iran that it is in their interest to conclude a deal.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Michael Harkins is a big target, by getting someone like Emwazi, it sends a great message that no matter who you are, we’re going to find you and hold you accountable for killing Michael Harkins.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
When there are people anywhere in the world who commit appalling and heinous crimes against British citizens, we will do everything we can with the police, with the security services, with all that we have at our disposal to find these people and put them out of action.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It needs every school, every university, every college, every community to recognize they have a role to play, we all have a role to play in stopping people from having their minds poisoned by this appalling death cult.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Far from changing course, Russia’s totally unjustifiable and illegal actions in eastern Ukraine have reached a new level with the separatists’ blatant breach of the ceasefire.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
What this incident has highlighted is the concerning situation where unaccompanied teenagers like these - who are not a known risk - can board a flight to Turkey without necessarily being asked questions by the airline.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Internet companies have a social responsibility. And we expect them to live up to it.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It does make a broader point which is the fight against Islamist terror is not just one that we can wage by the police and border control, it needs every school, every university, every college, every community to recognize they have a role to play, we all have a role to play in stopping people from having their minds poisoned by this appalling death cult.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on CNN 9 years ago
This will sustain 450 jobs and save the taxpayer over 150 million pounds.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The Chinook support contract represents significant value for money for what is a very capable and versatile support helicopter, protecting UK interests at home and abroad, this will sustain 450 jobs and save the taxpayer over 150 million pounds.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
No more, no less. we should be very clear that Vladimir Putin needs to know that unless his behavior changes, the sanctions we have in place won't be altered.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
We should be very clear that Vladimir Putin needs to know that unless his behavior changes, the sanctions we have in place won't be altered.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
A deal is possible. The real work needs to be done to make sure the budget of the Northern Executive is sustainable and works, so intensive work needs to be done by the parties on that issue, i'm confident in the period ahead that more progress can be made.
– British Prime Minister David Cameron
Found on Reuters 10 years ago
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