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The '''Bloomberg speech''' was a party political address on Britain's membership of the [[European Union]], given in January 2013 by the then [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], [[David Cameron]]. Although presented during the [[Cameron–Clegg coalition|Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition]], it was given without the support of the then [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] [[Nick Clegg]] and the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]. |
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This was the first major [[Eurosceptic]] speech to be given by a serving Prime Minister since [[Margaret Thatcher]]'s [[Bruges speech]] in 1988, and it marked the beginning of a series of events starting with the [[2015–2016 United Kingdom renegotiation of European Union membership]] that would ultimately lead to [[Brexit|the United Kingdom leaving the European Union]] seven years later in 2020, thereby ending 47 years of [[Member state of the European Union|EU membership]]. |
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The Bloomberg speech was a party political address on Britain's membership of the European Union, given in January 2013 by the then Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron. Although presented during the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition, it was given without the support of the then Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats.
This was the first major Eurosceptic speech to be given by a serving Prime Minister since Margaret Thatcher's Bruges speech in 1988, and it marked the beginning of a series of events starting with the 2015–2016 United Kingdom renegotiation of European Union membership that would ultimately lead to the United Kingdom leaving the European Union seven years later in 2020, thereby ending 47 years of EU membership.
Composition
The speech was drafted by Edward Llewellyn, the Downing Street Chief of Staff, along with John Casson, Tim Kiddell and Helen Bower, with the opening few pages written by Clare Foges.[1]
Content
The speech on 23 January 2013 at Bloomberg London covered the UK's future relationship with Europe. The Prime Minister called for fundamental reform of the European Union and called for an in–out referendum to be held on the UK's membership:[2][3][4][5][6]
Simply asking the British people to carry on accepting a European settlement over which they have had little choice is a path to ensuring that when the question is finally put – and at some stage it will have to be – it is much more likely that the British people will reject the EU. That is why I am in favour of a referendum. I believe in confronting this issue – shaping it, leading the debate. Not simply hoping a difficult situation will go away.
Subsequent events
The Conservative Party included the referendum in their manifesto for the 2015 general election and it was then held in 2016.
See also
- 2015–2016 United Kingdom renegotiation of European Union membership
- 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum
References
- ^ Cameron, David (2019). For the Record. United Kingdom: William Collins. p. 411. ISBN 9780008239282.
- ^ "EU Speech at Bloomberg". UK Gov.
- ^ "Is it "The Bloomberg Speech"?". BBC News. 28 January 2013.
- ^ "Read the speech that was the start of the end of David Cameron". The Independent. 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
- ^ "David Cameron's EU speech – full text". The Guardian. 23 January 2013.
- ^ "David Cameron's EU speech in full". The Telegraph.
