General election latest: Tory exodus hits 75 MPs as more announce they're standing down; Rishi Sunak doesn't rule out Boris Johnson joining campaign

Craig Mackinlay, the Conservative MP who lost all his limbs to sepsis, will not run for his South Thanet seat in the upcoming general election.The MP returned to the Commons on Wednesday to loud applause, hours before Rishi Sunak confirmed the polls will open on 4 July.He said in a post on Facebook: 'The snap election announcement has caused me 36 hrs of intense soul searching.

'Thereafter, upon being re-elected it would be difficult for me to sustain 70 to 80 hour working weeks which were the norm prior to my illness.'Mr Mackinlay explained that he had hoped to 'phase by return to the House of Commons' as his 'abilities improved' over the coming months.'I face numerous future operations as a result of the serious sepsis that I suffered which very nearly took my life,' he said.

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