"I will do everything I can as Prime Minister to steady the ship over the coming weeks and months but I do not think it would be right for me to try to be the captain that steers our country to its next destination."
— David Cameron

January 1, 1970

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Prime Ministers of the United KingdomPoliticians from EnglandMembers of the Parliament of the United KingdomPeople from LondonConservative Party (UK) politicians
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Speech delivered outside outside 10 Downing Street, announcing that he would resign as prime minister after British voters chose to leave the European Union in a referendum (June 24, 2016), see David Cameron's resignation speech in full (published by CNN).