BREAKING: Yet another ally of Boris Johnson has announced plans to stand down. The former Prime Minister announced his own resignation plans last night, prompting an exodus from within his own party - putting pressure on Rishi Sunak.
Yet another ally of Boris Johnson has announced plans to stand down., followed by Sir Bill Cash., has announced on Twitter today he will also be standing down with ‘immediate effect’, triggering a by-election in his Selby and Ainsty consistency.‘It has been an honour to represent the area where I was raised [and] educated, and I want to thank my constituents for their wonderful support since 2010,’ he said.
His announcements comes after Sir Bill, a veteran Conservative MP and arch Eurosceptic, made a similar announcement this morning.He said it would be a ‘big wrench’ to leave Parliament after four decades spent as an MP. Sir Bill was first elected at the 1984 election and, at 83, is the oldest member of the House of Commons. He is the member for Stone in Staffordshire.
In a statement published on Stone Conservatives’ website, he said: ‘It has been the greatest honour of my life to serve as the MP for Stone for the past 26 years and for Stafford before that for 13 years.‘I am now 83 years old and will therefore have served in Parliament for 40 years by the next general election.’He added: ‘Retiring is a big wrench because I love the House of Commons and my constituents.
Sir Bill, who is said to be a distant cousin of the US country music singer Johnny Cash, was knighted in 2014 for political services.a list which was published on Friday only hours before the former prime minister quit as an MP.
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