Amber Rudd resigns from UK Cabinet and Tory party over Boris Johnson's handling of Brexit

Amber Rudd is the latest in a string of prominent Tory MPs to quit the party. Image: Alberto Pezzali Amber Rudd is the latest in a string of prominent Tory MPs to quit the party. Image: Alberto Pezzali BRITISH MP AND cabinet minister Amber Rudd has resigned from the Conservative party in response to Boris Johnson’s handling of Brexit.

“This has been a difficult decision. I joined your Cabinet in good faith; accepting that ‘no deal’ had to be on the table because it was the means by which we wold have the best chance of achieving a new deal to leave on 31 October,” she said.“The government is expending a lot of energy to prepare for ‘no deal’ but I have not see the same level of intensity go into our talks with the European Union who have asked us to present alternative arrangements to the Irish backstop.

Johnson also withdrew the whip from 21 Tory rebels who are unable to vote as members of the Conservative party on Tuesday, which Rudd said was an “assault on decency and democracy”.

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