At 43, David Cameron becomes UK's youngest PM in 200 years
At 43, David Cameron becomes UK's youngest PM in 200 years
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Cameron (43) visited Buckingham Palace yesterday and was asked to form a government by the Queen -- less than an hour after Brown tendered his resignation to the monarch.
British Queen Elizabeth II greets Cameron at Buckingham Palace in central
London where she invited him to be Britain's next Prime Minister. Pic/AFP
The newly-appointed PM said he aimed to form a full coalition government between his Conservative party and the smaller Liberal Democratic party. Cameron's Conservatives won the most seats and most votes in last Thursday's election but failed to secure an outright win. However, a coalition with the Liberal Democrats would have a parliamentary majority.
"I aim to form a proper and full coalition between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats," he told reporters.
"I believe that it the right way to provide this country with the strong, the stable, the good and decent government we need so badly," he added.
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He said he and Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg were prepared to put aside party differences to work in the national interest.
Cameron also paid tribute to the outgoing Prime Minister Gordon Brown for his long years of public service and promised to take on the nation's "pressing problems", from the deficit, to the electoral and political system and social problems.
Coalition govt
Mystery still surrounds the details of the alliance forged between the Tories and their new, centre left partners.
A senior Lib Dem MP told Sky News the deal will cover a full four-year term as a full meeting of the party, including MPs and peers, prepared to vote formally on the deal.
Just how Clegg and his team will be incorporated into the new Conservative line-up remains unknown.
The Lib Dems MP Simon Hughes said the party and the Conservatives had managed a "surprising coming together" in a "progressive arrangement".
Tearful Gordon
On the steps of Downing Street, Brown announced that he was going to tender his resignation. His voice cracking with emotion and close to tears, he told the nation it had been a 'privilege to serve'. He said that it had been his fault that the Labour Party had not won a majority. "I loved the job for its potential to make this country I love fairer, more tolerant, more green, more democratic and more just."
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