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Conservative MP Mark Field to stand down over Brexit disagreement Conservative MP Mark Field to stand down over Brexit disagreement
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A Conservative MP has said he will stand down at the next election due to disagreement over Brexit. A Conservative MP has said he will stand down at the next election due to disagreements over Brexit.
Mark Field, MP for Cities of London and Westminster, said his beliefs "stand at odds with the current administration's impatient approach to getting Brexit done".Mark Field, MP for Cities of London and Westminster, said his beliefs "stand at odds with the current administration's impatient approach to getting Brexit done".
He added he would prefer the UK to remain "in or very closely aligned to the EU".He added he would prefer the UK to remain "in or very closely aligned to the EU".
In June, he was sacked as a minister for grabbing a Greenpeace activist. In June he was sacked as a minister after grabbing a Greenpeace activist.
'Impatient approach' In a statement on his website, Mr Field said: "It is increasingly clear that divisions over Brexit and our future relationship with the EU-27 will dominate and define domestic politics for many years to come."
In a statement on his website, Mr Field said: "It is increasingly clear that divisions over Brexit and our future relationship with the EU-27 will dominate and define domestic politics for many years to come. He said his preference for ruling out a no-deal Brexit and his support for revoking Article 50 in order to restart the two-year clock and give negotiations more time put him at odds with Boris Johnson's government.
"As a party vice-chairman and then minister of state at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office I was until recently constrained by collective responsibility, although during free, indicative votes in April having the opportunity to express a personal preference for ruling out a no-deal Brexit and for revoking Article 50. "Yet even if the current proposed deal passes - and naturally I shall support it - we must be clear what lies ahead will not be plain sailing," he added.
"As you will appreciate these beliefs stand at odds with the current administration's impatient approach to getting Brexit done. Yet even if the current proposed deal passes - and naturally I shall support it - we must be clear what lies ahead will not be plain sailing." He cited disagreements with the handling of Brexit as his reason for stepping down but added: "I have no desire to become a disaffected, dissenting voice from the backbenches, undermining a government under whose colours I have been elected."
Mr Field was elected in 2001 but sacked as the Foreign Office minister after grabbing an activist at a black-tie dinner in the City of London during a speech being given by Chancellor Philip Hammond. He said speculation about an imminent general election "has forced me to reach the very difficult decision not to offer myself as your candidate".
He cited disagreements with the handling of Brexit as his reason for stepping down. He added: "I have no desire to become a disaffected, dissenting voice from the backbenches, undermining a government under whose colours I have been elected." Mr Field was elected in 2001. He was suspended as the Foreign Office minister after grabbing an activist at a black-tie dinner in the City of London during a speech being given by then-Chancellor Philip Hammond.
He added speculation about an imminent general election "has forced me to reach the very difficult decision not to offer myself as your candidate". He was sacked from the role when Boris Johnson entered office and a Whitehall investigation over the matter was later dropped.