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Edward Snowden Calls On UK To Demand David Cameron’s Resignation

Edward Snowden called on the people in the United Kingdom to rise up and demand the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron after the Tory leader admitted he has benefited from shares in an offshore trust set up by his father. The next 24 hours could change #Britain. https://t.co/x5e1YOJenx#PanamaPaperspic.twitter.com/0ChHHWteFy — Edward Snowden (@Snowden) April 7, 2016   Referring to growing critcism of David Cameron’s admissions, the NSA whistleblower stated “the next 24 hours could change Britain”. RT reports: He called on the British public to emulate their Icelandic counterparts, who forced Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson to resign from office after the Panama Papers revealed his ownership of a secretive offshore company. Cameron came clean about his tax affairs on Thursday evening, admitting that between 1997 and 2010 he and his wife, Samantha Cameron, owned shares in his father’s Blairmore Investment Trust – a multimillion-pound offshore trust fund. Cameron said he sold the shares in 2010, four months before becoming PM. He is under yet more pressure after an unearthed 2013 letter shows he urged the EU to shield offshore trusts from a crackdown. In a series of tweets, Snowden said it is up to the British public to force Cameron from [...]