Cameron’s Confidence Amidst EU Referendum

Graham Rucker
Jan 10, 2016

UNITED KINGDOM – David Cameron displays his confidence by stating he will remain Prime Minister even if he looses the vote on the EU membership. Cameron conveyed that his position depended on holding the vote for EU membership not the result of it. When asked about his preparation for the possible Brexit, Cameron said “I don’t think that is the right answer for the reasons I have given.” He added to his display of assurance that if the voters rejected EU membership he would find a way to make an exit work.

However, Cameron’s show of confidence is a bit in contrast to his actions of distancing his political position and future from the EU referendum. The distance that Cameron puts between himself and the EU referendum looks a lot like what he did during the Scottish referendum. It has been confirmed that when polls suggested in the in the final weeks that Scotland might vote for independence, Prime Minister Cameron privately drew up a resignation letter. In Downing Street it was overwhelmingly felt that Cameron’s position would be illogical had Scotland voted to secede from the UK. Cameron gave great effort to keep this thought and preparation from the pubic, something that he might be doing now.

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