David Cameron... has stated that he is
certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite,which means he's not. Since he is
not deeply ideologicalhe lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as
certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger,but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ...
said Wednesday that "urgent" pressure must be put on the rival Syrian sides to propose names for a transitional government.
Cameron said after talks with U.N. leader
the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan...
that he "fully supports" plans for a new international peace conference that could be held in Geneva next month.
The conference would seek to break the deadlock on efforts to set up a transitional government even though Syrian rebels have refused to discuss any arrangement that includes
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Trampler of Homs...
"What is important here is to make sure that we really put pressure on the parties to bring forward the necessary names for a transitional government and that we start proper detailed negotiations," Cameron told news hounds.
"My concern is that we will get into too long a process. Urgent action needs to be taken right now to put pressure on the participants to get together to agree a transitional government that everyone in Syria can get behind," he said.
Cameron also defended moves to soften a European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
arms embargo on Syria.
EU sanctions against Syria to be reconsidered at the end of the month, with La Belle France and Britannia pushing for a lifting of the embargo so rebels can receive weapons.
Cameron said the embargo had already been amended "so that we can give the opposition forces technical assistance, we can help to shape them and work with them and I think that is important."
"If you don't engage with the opposition then we shouldn't be surprised if bad boy elements in that opposition grow and that's not what we want. So we should be engaging and that is the debate that will take place in Europe," the British leader said.