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| New PM 'should come from Leave camp' | New PM 'should come from Leave camp' |
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| The new prime minister should only come from the Leave camp, former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith has said. | 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. | 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. | 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%. | 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," said Mr Duncan Smith, who campaigned for Leave. | |
| 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". | 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' | '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. | "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. | "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." | "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. | Mr Duncan Smith also ruled himself out of the future Conservative leadership contest. |
| When questioned about the much criticised assertion from the Leave campaign that leaving the EU would free up £350m a week extra to spend on the NHS, Mr Duncan Smith said the NHS would receive "the lion's share". | |
| "It is not a promise broken, I never said that during the course of the election," he said. | |
| "What I said was we would be able to spend the lion's share of that money, now the government is now able to spend, so people can say that there is more money available now for the NHS, categorically more, which is what's required and that's the key point." |