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David Cameron: I regret the difficulties and problems we’ve been having since Brexit referendum vote

Former Prime Minister David Cameron has said he regrets the "difficulties and problems" that have emerged since the Brexit referendum vote.

He was asked questions on Brexit while on a jog today. The former Conservative leader was probed by the BBC about whether he regrets calling the 2016 referendum.

Mr Cameron was approached as Theresa May faces a fight for survival, having seen her Brexit deal humiliatingly shot down in a vote on Tuesday night.

MPs voted overwhelmingly against Mrs May’s deal, as she lost the Meaningful Vote in the biggest Government defeat in history, by 432 votes to 202.

Mr Cameron leant his support to Mrs May, but insisted he was right to call the divisive referendum.

Mr Cameron was accosted after he went for a jog (BBC News)
Mr Cameron was accosted after he went for a jog (BBC News)

He said: “I don’t regret calling the referendum. It was a promise I made two years before the 2015 General Election.

“It was included in a manifesto, it was legislated for in Parliament. I think six out of seven Members of Parliament of all parties voted for that referendum.

(PA Archive/PA Images)
(PA Archive/PA Images)

“Obviously I regret that we lost that referendum. I deeply regret that. I was leading the campaign to stay in the European Union and obviously I regret the problems that we’ve been having trying to implement the result of that referendum.”

The Prime Minister is facing a no-confidence vote from Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn today, as she scrambles to keep her position in Government.

Mr Cameron said he supported Mrs May, adding: “I hope she wins her vote tonight, I’m sure she will. And as I’ve said I hope then that Parliament can come together and find an alternative partnership agreement with the European Union.”