With the leave campaign acquiring 52 per cent of the vote, David Cameron spoke to the nation in a passionate speech outside 10 Downing Street to declare that he will be resigning as Prime Minister.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cThe 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although he has resigned, he will not be officially leaving until the end of the year after Article 50 has been signed.<\/p>\n
He has said that he wants Britain to be led by someone from the Leave campaign as they will be most suitable to lead the country towards making this decision a success.<\/p>\n
Graham Brady, Chairman of the 1922 Committee of backbench Conservative MPs announced the official list of contenders who are; Theresa May, Micheal Gove, Stephen Crabb, Andrea Leadsom and Liam Fox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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