Sebastian Payne

Exclusive: David Cameron tells CCHQ staffers ‘this is the sweetest victory of them all’

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After a very good night of results, David Cameron addressed party staffers at Conservative HQ in Westminster this morning. A clip of the Prime Minister’s victory speech has made its way to Coffee House. You can watch what Cameron said below:

Exclusive: David Cameron’s victory speech to CCHQ staffers this morning #ge2015 #conservative https://t.co/nKtdhBVxr7 — Sebastian Payne (@SebastianEPayne) May 8, 2015

Here is the text of part of what Cameron told the gathered party staffers, all of whom appear to be a very jubilant mood:

‘..to be with you guys and say thank you, you are an amazing team. I’m not an old man but I remember casting a vote in ’87 and that was a great victory. I remember working, just as you have been working, in ’92 and that was an amazing victory and I remember 2010, achieving that dream of getting Labour out and getting the Tories back in and that was amazing.

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