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In a final statement to the committee, he said: "Contrary to much ill-informed media speculation, I'm not leaving because I was pushed, I'm not leaving because I have anything to fear or threatened, I'm not leaving because of any lack of support from the Mayor (Boris Johnson), the Prime Minister (David Cameron) or indeed the Home Secretary (Theresa May).

"And until the point of informing them of my resignation, their support was very strong and afterwards their comments most generous.

"I'm going because I'm a leader. Leadership is not about popularity, it's not about the Press, it's not about spinning.

"It's about making decisions that put your organisation, your mission and the people you lead first. It's about doing things that will make them proud of the leaders and that's much different from being popular with them.
"It's about making decisions that may be difficult and personally painful. And that's leadership and that's why I'm going."

Posted By: Karnivore, Jul 19, 14:41:40