David Cameron

LONDON: It would not be the "right answer" for Britons to vote to leave the European Union, but the government will have to make it work if they do, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Sunday.

An opinion poll published on Thursday showed that a majority of Britons who have made up their mind would back leaving the EU in a referendum due by the end of 2017.

Cameron said he hoped voters would back staying in the EU if he achieves his planned reforms to Britain’s relationship with the bloc.

"The British public will make their decision. We must obey that decision whatever it is," he told the BBC’s Andrew Marr show.