Good morning, everyone. The country has just taken part in a
giant
democratic exercise, perhaps the biggest in our history. Over 33 million
people -- from England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Gibraltar
-- have all had their say. We should be proud of the fact that, in these
islands, we trust the people with these big decisions.
>>> David Cameron's First Speech as Prime Minister of Great Britain
>>> David Cameron's First Speech as Prime Minister of Great Britain
We not only have a parliamentary democracy, but on questions about the
arrangements for how we're governed, there are times when it is right to
ask the people themselves -- and that is what we have done.
The British
people have voted to leave the European Union, and their will must be
respected.
I want to thank everyone who took part in the campaign on my side of the
argument, including all those who put -- put aside party differences to speak
in what they believed was the national interest. And let me congratulate
all those who took part in the
Leave campaign, for the spirited and
passionate case that they made.
The will of the British people is an instruction that must be delivered.
It was not a decision that was taken lightly, not least because so many
things were said by so many different organizations about the
significance of this decision. So there can be no doubt about the
result.
Across the world, people have been watching the choice that
Britain has made. I would reassure those markets and investors that
Britain's economy is fundamentally strong; and I would also reassure
Brits living in European countries, and European citizens living here,
that there will be no immediate changes in your circumstances. There
will be no initial change in the way our people can travel, in the way
our goods can move, or the way our services can be sold.
We must now prepare for a negotiation with the European Union. This will
need to involve the full engagement of the Scottish, Welsh, and Northern
Ireland governments to ensure that the interests of all parts of our
United Kingdom are protected and advanced; but above all, this will
require strong, determined, and committed leadership.
I'm very proud and very honored to have been
Prime Minister of this
country for six years. I believe we've made great steps -- with more
people in work than ever before in our history, with reforms to welfare
and education, increasing people's life chances, building a bigger and
stronger society, keeping our promises to the poorest people in the
world, and enabling those who love each other to get married, whatever
their sexuality; but above all, restoring Britain's economic strength.
And I'm grateful to everyone who's helped to make that happen.
I've also always believed that we have to confront big decisions, not
duck them. That is why we delivered the first Coalition government in 70
years to bring our economy back from the brink. It's why we delivered a
fair, legal, and decisive
referendum in Scotland. And it's why I made the
pledge to renegotiate Britain's position in the European Union, and to
hold a referendum on our membership, and have carried those things out.
I fought this campaign in the only way I know how -- which is to say
directly and passionately what I think and feel -- head, heart, and soul. I
held nothing back. I was absolutely clear about my belief that Britain
is stronger, safer, and better off inside the European Union. And I made
clear the referendum was about this and this alone, not the future of
any single politician, including myself.
But the British people have
made a very clear decision to take a different path, and as such, I
think the country requires fresh leadership to take it in this
direction.
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.
This is not a decision I've taken lightly. But I do believe it's in the
national interest to have a period of stability and then the new
leadership required.
There is no need for a precise timetable today, but in my view we should
aim to have a new prime minister in place by the start of the
Conservative Party conference in October. Delivering stability will be
important, and I will continue in post as Prime Minister with my
Cabinet for the next three months. The Cabinet will meet on Monday. The
Governor of the Bank of England is making a statement about the steps
that the bank and the Treasury are taking to reassure financial markets.
We will also continue taking forward the important legislation that we
set before Parliament in
the Queen's speech. And I've spoken to Her
Majesty the Queen this morning to advise her of the steps that I'm
taking. A negotiation with the European Union will need to begin under a
new Prime Minister, and I think it's right that this new Prime Minister
takes the decision about when to trigger
Article 50 and start the formal
and legal process of leaving the EU.
I will attend the
European Council next week to explain the decision the
British people have taken, and my own decision. The British people have
made a choice. That not only needs to be respected, but those on the
losing side of the argument, myself included, should help to make it
work.
Britain is a special country. We have so many great advantages: a
parliamentary democracy where we resolve great issues about our future
through peaceful debate; a great trading nation with our science and
arts, our engineering and our creativity, respected the world over. And
while we are not perfect, I do believe we can be a model of a
multiracial, multifaith democracy where people can come and make a
contribution, and rise to the very highest that their talent allows.
Although leaving Europe was not the path I recommended, I am the first
to praise our incredible strengths. I've said before that Britain can
survive outside the European Union, and indeed that we could find a way.
Now [that] the decision has been made to leave, we need to find the best way. And I will do everything I can to help.
I love this country, and I feel
honored to have served it, and I will do everything I can in [the] future to
help this great country succeed.
Thank you very much.
(Source: Americanrhetoric.com)
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