What David Cameron allegedly told secret Tory meeting if he lost Brexit referendum
Outgoing PM's foul-mouthed prediction
DAVID Cameron told a secret Tory meeting “If we lose this referendum campaign then I’m f****d and I’ll resign”.
The PM made the foul-mouthed prediction halfway through the referendum count on Thursday night.
Britain backed Brexit and Cameron announced he will resign in October on the steps of Number 10 Downing Street shortly after.
Grant Shapps, Tory MP for Welwyn Hatfield, said he was at the meeting when the Prime Minister dropped the F-Bomb and admitted his days were numbered.
He told the : “As Conservative Party Chairman I was one of a small number who attended twice daily meetings in the Prime Minister’s No10 study for two and half years up until the last election.
“As a result, I became familiar with David Cameron’s direct, often candid approach.
“Nonetheless, I was still taken aback by his rather brutal assessment, made at the midpoint of the referendum campaign.
“I was momentarily tempted to make light of his blunt, blue and unpublishable expletive by joking about whether this was his new ‘Line To Take’.
“But before I had the chance, he continued 'The reality of this referendum is that if the outcome is leave, then I’ll have no choice but to resign.'”
Cameron also turned the air blue in front of aides when he told them “Why should I do all the hard s**t?” before sensationally quitting.
Shapps said he voted Remain “through gritted teeth” and said the EU was a bureaucratic monster which threatened dissenting MPs with “Infraction Proceedings”.
He said the Brexit victory was a “newfound freedom” but warned it would not help the UK stem the tide of immigration than if we had remained in Europe.
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He said: “A lot was made of immigration during the Referendum campaign.
“I found this debate neither honest nor enlightening. It was one of the reasons why I didn’t back the Leave campaign.
“Promises to get immigration down to the tens-of-thousands has, in my view, never been remotely realistic. It was never likely when David Cameron said it.”
He added: “Whatever your views on immigration, we actually require some of it to achieve our national goals.
“Brits actually need the world’s best surgeons, doctors, scientists and businesspeople, not just those who happen to have been born here.”
Mr Shapps also added to Cameron’s list of nautical metaphors, adding: “Last Thursday’s vote means that the United Kingdom now needs the kind of inspirational leadership that very few can actually offer.
“As David Cameron said, a new heading requires a new captain.
“That new heading involves sailing through some potentially very choppy waters, so we will need a captain with real character, plenty of foresight and the vision to carry the nation forward.”
The referendum result has torn Parliament apart.
As Labour’s leadership coup also erupted, one Tory MP described Westminster last night as “a cluster goat f*** with knobs on”.
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