‘I cannot stand by as good, loyal moderate Conservatives are expelled'
The Hastings and Rye MP has quit her post as work and pensions secretary and is relinquishing the Tory whip after the Prime Minister sacked 21 rebels this week.
She called the decision to sack Tory rebels including ex-chancellor Philip Hammond Churchill’s grandson Sir Nicholas Soames and Ken Clarke, the longest serving MP in the commons – an ‘assault on decency and democracy’.In her resignation letter, the former Home Secretary said: ‘This short-sighted culling of my colleagues has stripped the party of broad-minded and dedicated Conservative MPs. I cannot support this act of political vandalism.
Rudd was dogged by questions throughout the Tory leadership contest about whether she could serve in Johnson’s cabinet if he won the race, given his stance on no-deal.
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