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| BoJo's own brother quits govt saying he's torn between 'family and national interest' | BoJo's own brother quits govt saying he's torn between 'family and national interest' |
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| British PM Boris Johnson’s brother, Jo, has resigned as a Conservative MP and government minister citing “an unresolvable tension” over the Brexit crisis. | British PM Boris Johnson’s brother, Jo, has resigned as a Conservative MP and government minister citing “an unresolvable tension” over the Brexit crisis. |
| Johnson’s pro-remain sibling, who quits his cabinet role as Universities, Science, Research and Innovation minister, revealed on Twitter that he had been “torn between family and national interest.” | |
| He resigned as transport minister over Theresa May's Brexit deal, and said last year that he wanted a second EU referendum - putting him at odds with the majority of his Tory colleagues, including his older brother Boris. | |
| In an article detailing his resignation Johnson, who represented Orpington in Kent, rather tellingly, wrote that "Brexit has divided the country. It has divided political parties. And it has divided families too." | |
| The resignation of his brother piles yet more pressure on PM Johnson who has lost a series of votes on Brexit and a general election in recent days, that has prompted the expulsion of 21 Tory MPs to destroy what was already a slim majority in parliament. | |
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