General Election 2010 - David Cameron's First Day as Prime Minister

CLEAN: Exterior side view David Cameron and Nick Clegg speech: And eager to make sure that the big society is matched by big citizens where power is taken from the politicians and put in the hands of the people as we embark on a recasting of our political system. Our Liberal-Conservative government will take Britain in a historic new direction. A direction of hope and unity, conviction and common purpose. I am delighted to be standing here with the new Deputy Prime Minister the two of us together leading this historic Liberal Democrat- Conservative administration and I'd now like to invite him to say a few words. We have been through a campaign: now we have a coalition. Until today, we have been rivals: now we are colleagues. That says a lot about the scale of the new politics which is now beginning to unfold. This is a new government and a new kind of government. A radical reforming government where it needs to be. And a source of reassurance and stability, too, at a time of great uncertainty in our country. David has spoken about the many challenges we now face. The economy still struggling to its feet. The public finances in a mess. Our troops engaged in a difficult and lasting conflict that requires resolution. Our society still scarred by unfairness and inequality. Our politics not yet recovered from the hammer blows of recent months and years. At a time of such enormous difficulties, our country needed a strong and stable government. And it needed an ambitious government, determined to work relentlessly for a better future. That is what we have come together in this coalition to provide. This is a government that will last. Not because of a list of policies, important though they are. Not because it will be easy - there will be bumps and scrapes along the way. We are different parties, with many different ideas. This is a government that will last because despite those differences, we are united by a common purpose for the on May 12, 2010 in London, England.