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David Cameron's final comments as Prime Minister: 'I was the future once'

The PM signed off with words of encouragement for public servants

Jon Stone
Wednesday 13 July 2016 08:28 EDT
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David Cameron: I was the future once

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David Cameron has been given a standing ovation by MPs after the end of his final Prime Minister's Questions.

The Prime Minister signed off for the last time with with words of encouragement for public servants.

"The last thing I’d say is that you can achieve a lot of things in politics, you can get a lot of things done," he said.

"That, in the end, the public service, the national interest, that is what it’s all about.

"Nothing is really impossible if you put your mind to it – after all, as I once said, I was the future once."

Mr Cameron's comments came at the end of an unusual PMQs where most MPs paid tribute to his time in office.

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