Rory Stewart is grilled by a LBC caller for 'acting against' Boris Johnson after he was elected into his position by Conservative Party members. He says the 'honourable' thing to do would have been to abstain from the vote.
, former Tory leadership frontrunner, said it was with"sadness" that he was announcing his resignation. He has stood as an MP for Penrith and the Border since 2010. He tweeted:"It’s been a great privilege to serve Penrith and The Border for the last ten years, so it is with sadness that I am announcing that I will be standing down at the next election, and that I have also resigned from the Conservative Party.
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