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Cameron says will not resign even if UK votes for Brexit

Monday, 13 June 2016 12:32 PM [ Last Update: Monday, 13 June 2016 12:51 PM ]

British Prime Minister David Cameron takes part in an EU referendum debate in London on June 10, 2016. (AFP photo)

British Prime Minister David Cameron says he will not stand down even if he loses the campaign for the UK to remain in the European Union.

Cameron said in an interview with BBC on Sunday that he will stay as premier until the end of this Parliament in 2020 regardless of the EU referendum results.

He also noted that he might reshuffle his cabinet to give more power to Tories who support the Leave campaign.

Asked how the government would look like if the UK votes to leave the 28-nation bloc, Cameron said he would carry out the wishes of people.

“If we vote to leave will we carry out that instruction? Yes. Will I carry on as Prime Minister? Yes. Will I construct a Government that includes all the talents of the Conservative Party? Yes,” he said.

He stressed that leaving the EU would have serious consequences that would be “very difficult for the government to deal with,” but “it would be very difficult to deal with for British families. I worry about people losing their jobs.”

This came as experts believe that Cameron would face a leadership challenge if the leave campaign wins the vote.

British Prime Minister David Cameron leaves after delivering a speech on the upcoming EU referendum at the Savoy Place in London on June 7, 2016. (AFP photo)

A backbench MP said earlier this month that the Prime Minister will step down the day after the vote on the UK membership in the bloc as more Conservative MPs are planning to join the leave campaign.

At least 25 Tory MPs are reportedly committed to the Leave campaign and can give Cameron a hard time in the build-up to the vote. The number is expected to rise as the voting nears.

Another Tory MP Andrew Bridgen said last month that at least 50 MPs, the number needed to call a confidence vote, were ready to challenge Cameron’s leadership, adding that a vote on the prime minister’s future was “probably highly likely” after the referendum.

Boris Johnson, London’s former mayor, is currently the favorite to succeed Cameron into office but is expected to face stiff competition from fellow Brexit supporter Justice Secretary Michael Gove and Home Secretary Theresa May.

In the interview, Cameron also warned that the UK will face a “lost decade” if it votes to leave the EU on June 23.

“If we vote to come out, we are putting ourselves deliberately in a less good economic position in our absolute key market,” he said.

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