A cupboard minister has transform the unedited Tory MP to announce they’re quitting parliament because the birthday celebration braces itself for election defeat.
Northern Eire secretary Chris Heaton-Harris mentioned it have been an “honour and a privilege” to constitute Daventry since being elected in 2010.
However in a letter to Rishi Sunak, he mentioned: “I feel the time is right for me to look for new challenges.”
That overall is edging ever-closer to the 75 Tory MPs who mentioned they had been status unwell forward of the 1997 Labour landslide.
Pronouncing his resolution on X (previously Twitter), Heaton-Harris, who used to be a Tory MEP for 10 years prior to getting into the Commons, mentioned: “After 24 years in politics I won’t be standing at the next election.
“It’s been an honour and a privilege to serve and I’d like to thank the good people of Daventry, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak for putting their trust in me.
“I started as a campaigner and I’ll be out campaigning for Conservatives at the next election because we are the only party that has and can deliver for the whole of the United Kingdom.”
In his letter to the top minister, Heaton-Harris mentioned he deliberate to stay as Northern Eire secretary “but obviously would understand if you feel it best to replace me”.
His announcement comes because the Tories proceed to path neatly in the back of Labour within the opinion polls and with election mavens unanimous of their view that the birthday celebration is heading for a obese defeat when the election takes playground next this era.
