MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Thursday, the United Kingdom held a referendum on its membership in the European Union, with Cameron calling on the UK nationals to vote to retain it. Earlier Friday, it was announced that most people voted to leave the bloc.
"He took a prominent part in this referendum and he lost. A government whose prime minister has lost a referendum loses credibility, so he needs to step down certainly," European parliamentarian from the party, Raymond Finch, said.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage also voiced a similar sentiment and called for a government which would be committed to Brexit.
"I think it is very difficult for [Cameron] to stay on as prime minister given that he involved himself so heavily in the campaign, told us that dreadful things would happen to us if we were to leave, recession, threats of war and all the rest of it. I find it difficult to believe that he could become a Brexit prime minister," Farage said, as quoted by The Guardian newspaper.
Following the announcement, oil prices and the pound exchange rate plunged while Nikkei futures trading was suspended for the first time since May 2013.
UK's Decision to Leave EU Victory for Democracy, Sovereignty
A Leave vote in the British referendum on EU membership is a victory for democracy and a victory for all of the people of Europe who are now free to make their own choices, Raymond Finch told Sputnik.
"It is a victory for sovereignty, it is a victory for democracy, it is a victory for the British people, and it is a victory for all of the people of Europe, because now they are free to make their own choices."
"I am very happy that we have put an end to this dangerous project which has removed sovereignty from the people of Europe, because make no mistake – it is not just our people that we have freed today, it is the entirety of the 27 nations," Finch said.
