David Cameron says he is truly sorry' for Brexit divisions

Former British Prime Minister David Cameron, who called a referendum over three years ago and then had to exit Downing Street in the aftermath of the June 2016 verdict in favour of Britain's exit from the European Union (EU), on Saturday said he was truly sorry for all the uncertainty and division that Brexit had caused.

In an interview ahead of the publication of his memoir "For the Record" next week, Cameron told The Times newspaper that the victory of the Leave camp in the referendum had left him hugely depressed.

From the timing of the vote to the expectations I allowed to build about the renegotiation, there are many things I would do differently. I did not fully anticipate the strength of feeling that would be unleashed both during the referendum and afterwards, and I am truly sorry to have seen the country I love so much suffer uncertainty and division in the years since then, said Cameron, whose memoirs are being serialised by the newspaper.

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