Rory Stewart leaves Tory party to run for London mayor
by Peter Walker Political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#4RSXW)
Former leadership candidate announces plan to stand down as MP at next election
The former Conservative leadership candidate Rory Stewart has resigned from the party, and announced plans to run for mayor of London as an independent.
Stewart, who was among 21 Tories who lost the whip for rebelling over a no-deal Brexit, announced in a tweet on Friday that he would stand down as an MP. He later told the Evening Standard newspaper he was sick of the "madhouse of mutual insults in the Gothic shouting chamber of Westminster".
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