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What you call austerity is what I might call efficiency.

David Cameron

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David Cameron
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: October 9
Politician
Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
David William Donald Cameron
Rt. Hon. David William Donald Cameron
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