Britain, Europe and the world is currently witnessing history being created in the once superpower of the world. Post results of a historic referendum, it became clear that Brits want and voted for an exit from EU.
Team Cameron was closely following the news and shortly after the results, at 10 Downing Street, British Prime Minister David Cameron said that the “will of the British people is an instruction that must be delivered” and announced his resignation.
In his emotional speech, Cameron said that he will resign after Britons voted to leave the EU in defiance of his warnings of economic pain. Cameron promised to try to “steady the ship” over the next months but said a new leader should be installed by early October.
The vote to leave the European Union by the UK put Cameron in a tough spot as he successfully avoided the Scottish independence vote, and also won the General Election with a majority that the Conservative Party hadn’t received in almost 23 years, reportedFirstpost.
Cameron had vowed to hold a British referendum before his 2015 election — a huge gamble on his part — one that he lost on Friday.
Though Cameron has always maintained his stance as anti-Brexit and vociferously urged his countrymen to ‘remain’, history will hold him responsible for being the UK’s leader who pushed the country to end its ties with the European Union.
In an emotional speech on early Friday morning, Cameron said:
“The British people have voted to leave the EU and their will must be respected. Across the world people have been watching the choice that Britain has made. This will require strong, determined and committed leadership. I am very proud to have been Prime Minister of this country for six years. I have held nothing back. The British people have made a very clear decision. I think the country requires fresh leadership. I do not think I can be the captain to take the country to its next destination. In my view I think we should have a new prime minister in place by the start of the Conservative conference in October.”
The Telegraph UK reported that Labour Party’s Angela Smith said that, “Labour needs now to show that it can offer constructive opposition in what is going to be a period of terrible political and economic instability for the country… We need leadership that will do that and commit to the very difficult task of helping to unite a very seriously divided nation.”
It is interesting to note that Cameron had always maintained that the outcome of the vote would have no impact on leadership and his resignation on Friday has come across as a preemptive measure to ensure that he has chosen to jump, rather than be pushed, after a possible vote of no-confidence.
Britain voted to leave the European Union by 52 per cent to 48 per cent.
The article first published on www.lafdatv.com
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