DAVID CAMERON BECOMES NEW CONSERVATIVE LEADER

Mr.David Cameron delivers his acceptance speech as new leader of the Conservative party to the media and party faithful in London on December 6, 2005. Mr.Cameron and David Davis have spent the last six weeks campaigning around the country to become the new leader. Mr Cameron will be the fifth new leader of the Conservative party since John Major lost to Tony Blair in 1997. (UPI Photo/Hugo Philpott)

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