Prime Minister of Britain's historic moment

(Baonghean) - May 11, 2010 marked a milestone in the history of the United Kingdom - David Cameron became the youngest Prime Minister after Gordon Brown resigned. 6 years later, he once again faced a historic moment, playing a very risky game - the referendum game and lost...

British Prime Minister David Cameron. Photo: Internet.

At 43, Mr Cameron entered 10 Downing Street as Britain's youngest Prime Minister in nearly 200 years. He holds a degree in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford. His political career began as a Conservative Party researcher. He then worked as an adviser to Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont. He was elected to Parliament in 2001 and became Conservative Party leader four years later.

At that time, there was public opinion that the new Prime Minister David Cameron was anti-American and anti-European Union (EU). However, he denied this argument, although before that, in his election program, he repeatedly promised that if he became the highest leader of the government, he would hold a referendum on Britain's membership in the EU.

In his first speech as Prime Minister, David Cameron said the country faced deep and urgent problems. But he said Britain's best days were ahead, and promised to build a more responsible society where freedom and equality were valued. He also vowed to form Britain's first coalition government since 1945.

Taking office in a context where the country was facing a huge challenge of a huge budget deficit, however, in the first term, with extremely flexible policies to boost the economy, David Cameron's government achieved unexpected results.

Prime Minister Cameron was re-elected for another five-year term in the election on 7 May 2015, with a much higher vote share than polls predicted. This was a resounding victory for Mr. Cameron and the Conservative Party, as the party became the first ruling party in Britain in decades to gain additional seats in Parliament in an election.

Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during the anti-Brexit campaign. Photo: Internet

Prime Minister Cameron has pledged to hold a referendum on Britain's EU membership in 2017. He has set a specific date because he wants more time to negotiate changes in the relationship to convince British voters to stay in the EU. "I want to bring our country together, bring our United Kingdom together...

In the coming period, I hope my party, and hopefully the government I want to lead, will regain the mantle that we should never lose - the mantle of one nation, one United Kingdom…”, Mr. Cameron emphasized.

Many analysts believe that it was not the achievements of his first term but his promise to hold a referendum on Britain's EU membership that helped him defeat hardliners skeptical about the future of the EU in the ruling Conservative Party, as well as the UK Independence Party - his main opponent.

Returning to the recent political gamble called the "referendum" on whether to stay or leave, under increasing pressure from supporters of Britain leaving the EU, David Cameron was forced to fulfill his promise sooner than expected.

The UK's "marriage" with the EU has ended for more than four decades. Perhaps when he promised the people this choice, David Cameron did not expect that so many British people wanted to leave Europe. Because the benefits from the world's largest common market, investment, attracting high-quality labor, and a better position when negotiating trade agreements... are still very large. But everything has been settled, the British people have made a historic decision under Prime Minister David Cameron.

The question in the last days at 10 Downing Street is what will the British Prime Minister do to minimize the damage to the benefits that the alliance has brought them; the domestic instability in politics, economy, labor, employment... that has been happening right after the Brexit news was announced? Meanwhile, according to the resignation announcement, his time fund is only about 3 months.

Mr. Cameron answers reporters while attending the EU Summit in Brussels. Photo: Reuters

To answer this question, let's look back at his last trip as leader of a key member state to attend the European Union Summit on June 28. Mr. David Cameron came to the EU headquarters in Brussels (Belgium) with the hope of negotiating areas such as trade, cooperation and security.

However, the result was cold head shakes, expressed by the desire for the UK to quickly activate Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty (Any member can decide to withdraw from the union according to the procedure prescribed by the constitution) so that the country can "divorce" from the EU as soon as possible. Otherwise, there will be no formal or informal negotiations.

Faced with the EU's indifference, Mr. David Cameron has "ceded" the right to activate Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty to his successor. Why has Mr. Cameron hesitated to declare his departure from the EU? Is he a broken promise?

Mr. Cameron and former London Mayor Boris Johnson. Photo: Internet

Commentators say that, firstly, there is no specific time limit for the country that wants to leave the EU to announce the activation of this, after the referendum; secondly, the hasty declaration of leaving the EU while the deep disputes and divisions between those leaving and those staying have not yet ended will make the economic and political situation more chaotic and difficult to control. Finally, EU leaders and leaders of key countries in the union were also forced to agree to let the next British government head do this for David Cameron.

So, in just over 90 days, the man of historic moments in Britain will leave office. There will be a mountain of work that he needs to solve in this short time. Among them, it can be said that the most important task he must do is to prevent Boris Johnson - the key leader of the Brexit faction from winning the position of Party Chairman and Prime Minister. Because only then will his successor be able to have more favorable conditions when negotiating with partners, especially with the EU, to avoid the UK falling into the vortex of a comprehensive crisis./.

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