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| The new prime minister should only come from the Leave camp, former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith has said. | |
| He told the BBC's Andrew Marr show that it would be "very difficult" for a public who voted to leave the EU to have a leader who had opposed this. | |
| Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Friday that he will step down by October. | |
| He had urged the country to vote Remain, but was defeated by 52% to 48%. | |
| "The government itself now had a view... which was to remain, and so now we need to change that position and actually deliver on this very clear mandate from the British people," Mr Duncan Smith said. | |
| He said he was "incredibly sad" Mr Cameron had chosen to go as he wanted him to "remain to help stabilise the situation and get us moving". | |
| 'Come together' | |
| "He's done a pretty good job throughout all the way, in some tough circumstances, particularly during the coalition," Mr Duncan Smith said. | |
| "But I do think it would be very, very difficult for the public who have voted for leaving the European Union to find that they then had a prime minister who actually was opposed to leaving the European Union. | |
| "So I think it is quite clear that - at least the leadership end of it - but I would like all the others, Remain and us, to come together." | |
| Mr Duncan Smith also ruled himself out of the future Conservative leadership contest. |