“Lots of people call me Dave, my mum calls me David, my wife calls me Dave, I don't really notice what people call me.”

— David Cameron

Interview with Richard Bacon on XFM, 28 September 2006), as quoted in "Labour in shambles over leadership, says Cameron" in Western Mail (29 September 2006), p. 4.
2000s, 2006

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