Former UK Prime Minister David Cameron quit the parliament on Monday, about three months after he resigned as the country’s leader over June’s European Union referendum which had paved way for Brexit. But he did call and oversee the referendum-planning to guide the country to a “remain” vote-and will be remembered as the prime minister who took Britain out of the EU. With this, David Cameron ended his political career just weeks after he lost a referendum to stay in the European Union.
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The former prime minister, however, did not say what he would do next, maintaining that he hoped to “still contribute in terms of public service and to the country”. The position was then claimed by Theresa May in July.
Do His splits with Theresa May Caused his resignation? However, Cameron denied any such association of his resignation to May’s decision.
“In my view with modern politics, with the circumstances of my resignation, it isn’t really possible to be a proper back bench MP (lawmaker) as a former prime minister”. Without the risk of becoming a diversion.
“I support her, I support what’s she doing, and she’s got off to a cracking start”, Cameron said.
“This decision has got nothing to do with any one individual issue and that way the timing I promise is coincidental”. “Obviously I’m going to have my own views about different issues …” People know that. That’s really the point.
“As a former prime minister it is very hard, I think, to sit as a backbencher and not be an enormous diversion and distraction from what the Government is doing”. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to July 2016. He was also blamed for not managing the Remain campaign effectively considering the rising anti-EU populism in the region.
In a statement, May praised her former boss and vowed to continue his legacy of “one-nation conservatism”, a modernising social reform agenda which included legalising gay marriage.
Backing Theresa May’s premiership, he said also said he did not want to be a “distraction” for the Government.
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May, who served as the home secretary under Cameron, said, “I was proud to serve in David Cameron’s government – and under his leadership we achieved great things”.
