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David Cameron Takes Over #10
- 10 December //
- Posted in Calgary Herald Columns
You want Reality TV?
Tuesday, May 11, if you had been watching the BBC, you would have witnessed one of the most ancient yet astonishing transfers of power in the world.
Stark in it’s simplicity, awesome in it’s implications, the United Kingdom changed governments.
Faced with the reality that the game was up, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown asked for an audience with the Queen. Confirming that she had time on her dance card, step one in the elaborate ritual was for Brown to emerge from the famous doorway at #10 Downing Street.
