For the Record by David Cameron

Author:David Cameron
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2019-08-13T18:04:51+00:00

It may appear strange that my favourite four weeks as prime minister came during such a difficult time for the government. But the Games weren’t just an antidote to my own malaise. They seemed to be an antidote to so much that was wrong in our country. To the social breakdown we’d seen in the riots, proof that young people were a positive force. To the bleakness in the economy, proof that we had a brilliant brand the world wanted to buy into. To fears about integration and national identity, proof that we could all come together as one nation, and get behind the most diverse Team GB in history. Race by race, medal by medal, it felt as though Britain was stepping up onto the global podium.

Perhaps most important of all, they showed that we, the UK, could still do the big, bold, transformational things. We could still wow the world. We had no shortage of ambition. One of the core ideas of my politics, that our best days are ahead of us and not behind us, found its emblem in the Olympics. That belief hasn’t faded. Indeed, I don’t think Brexit should alter it. Having a strong relationship with Europe outside the European Union doesn’t diminish or damage the determination, pride, openness and warmth we displayed in that glorious summer of 2012. Indeed, it is through those things that we will flourish in the future.

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