“I think everything you do will become a big distraction and a big diversion from what the government needs to do for our country”, he said from Witney.
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DAVID Cameron is to quit as one of the Cotswolds’ MPs, he announced today.
Cameron said he does not want to distract the new Prime Minister Theresa May as she has a cracking start and has praised his great strides on social reform.
Cameron opposed the so-called “Brexit”, and campaigned for Britain to remain in the E.U. However, Cameron remained a member of Parliament for his constituency of Witney in Oxfordshire.
Cameron said he did not deem it appropriate to remain, being a former Prime Minister. He had previously indicated he would continue to represent Witney in Oxfordshire, southern England, until the next election in 2020. “People would know that and that’s really the point”.
The ruling Conservative Party elected May to lead the country after Cameron resigned following his failed campaign to persuade voters to remain in the European Union in Britain’s Brexit referendum.
Former British Prime Minister David Cameron says he has chose to resign from his seat in parliament “with immediate effect”.
His resignation came as several Tory MPs expressed reservations about the current Prime Minister’s plans for more selective schools during a House of Commons statement.
May said: “I was proud to serve in David Cameron’s government and under his leadership we achieved great things”.
Mr Cameron added that he would continue to live locally and support local causes and charities – but that he would “obviously” have to “build a life outside of Westminster”.
Speaking as he arrived for a private dinner with the TUC general council in Brighton, Mr Corbyn also joked about the “advice” Mr Cameron said his mother would give him about what to wear.
He promised to support the Conservative Party candidate chosen to replace him in the by-election that will be held in order to fill the Parliament vacancy.
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The Treasury confirmed that Mr Cameron had been appointed to the office of Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead, the arcane method by which MPs resign from the House of Commons.
