Posted on Sep 7, 2019
Amber Rudd resigns from UK cabinet, says she can't support 'political vandalism'
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Amber Rudd, the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, resigned Saturday in a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, saying she could not support his handling of Brexit or his treatment of Conservative Party members that amounted to an 'act of political vandalism."
Rudd wrote that she was resigning from Cabinet and surrendering the Conservative Whip because she could not support his decision to ban 21 members from the Conservative Party for voting to stop his no-deal Brexit plan.
Johnson, also a Conservative, removed the 21 MPs from the party, which means they will not be allowed to run for election.
Rudd wrote that she was resigning from Cabinet and surrendering the Conservative Whip because she could not support his decision to ban 21 members from the Conservative Party for voting to stop his no-deal Brexit plan.
Johnson, also a Conservative, removed the 21 MPs from the party, which means they will not be allowed to run for election.
Amber Rudd resigns from UK cabinet, says she can't support 'political vandalism'
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Sadly, she's a lone voice in the wilderness. Again again again Amber, the nation voted for leaving. Period. Or as you Brits say - "full stop."
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The thing that hurts when everyone quits who opposes something in the political system is that it just creates a system where bad ideas are allowed to proceed without opposition - because all the opposition quit. Now, they're just stuck with bad ideas.
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PO3 Donald Murphy
To be fair tho, the nation voted to leave. And the nation was told to "think about it very carefully." The acting prime minister at the time (David Cameron) even went so far as to say that if the nation voted to leave, he would not support it - which equals resignation. So if the exit will be as bad as the doomsayers predict, then the people will have to suffer under the vote that they cast. Just like every other vote that has not turned out like they thought.
As a side issue, there are four main parties in the UK, so as the vote to leave was just over half, its very presumptuous of the Labour party to assume that they are on the side that wants to stay. So voting against Johnson could be a nail in their coffin.
As a side issue, there are four main parties in the UK, so as the vote to leave was just over half, its very presumptuous of the Labour party to assume that they are on the side that wants to stay. So voting against Johnson could be a nail in their coffin.
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