David Cameron reportedly says ‘Why should I do the hard s**t?’ following Brexit resignation...

London Independent
June 25, 2016

David Cameron reportedly told aides following his resignation speech: “Why should I do all the hard s**t?”

In the speech, the Prime Minister said he would continue in Number 10 until the party elects a successor, likely to be before the Tory conference in October.

Mr Cameron said: “It would not be right for me to be the captain that steers our country to its next destination.

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When he went back inside Number 10, he explained to aides that he did not want to go through the tortuous process of beginning the UK’s divorce from the EU and then resign.

“Why should I do all the hard s**t for someone else, just to hand it over to them on a plate?” he said.

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