Of all the politicians elected to high office in the West in the past few years, David Cameron seemed the least revolutionary. There was certainly none of the thrill of Barack Obama's elevation. Even set against his peers in Europe, Mr rnCameron seemed to offer less disruptive elan than Nicolas Sar-kozy and a less intriguingly ruthless career than Angela Mer-kel. Here was a pragmatic toff, claiming the centre ground back from a Labour Party that had lost its vim. When Mr Cameron failed to win the election outright in May and had to share power with Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats, many feared a government as underwhelming as his election campaign.
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