PM David Cameron offers to quit if he can't deliver in-out EU referendum

David Cameron promised to quit his position unless he is able to deliver an in-out referendum on the European Union by 2017.

15:35 29 April 2014

Following Nigel Farage's claims that David Cameron has no intention of keeping his promise of giving the British people a say on the EU membership, the Prime Minister has now countered those claims by saying that unless he delivers in-out EU referendum by 2017, he will quit his position in the government. 

 

He said: “This is not something I would ever barter away or give away. I would not be Prime Minister of a government unless we could carry out our pledge of an in-out referendum.”

 

“I’ve already pre-empted that question, what happens if somehow you don’t win the election outright. I’ve been very clear: I would not continue as Prime Minister unless I be absolutely guaranteed this referendum will go ahead on an in-out basis. I can’t make it any clearer than that.” 

 

Conservatives leader Cameron added: “People are always sceptical about our policies but the more times we say it, the more times we put it on our leaflets, on our posters, the more the British people will see it’s absolutely a guaranteed part of our plan."