Minister announces intention to stand down
Source: The Guardian
The Northern Ireland minister, Nick Hurd, has become the latest Tory MP to announce he will not stand at the next general election as he cited the “ongoing division” over Brexit. The Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner MP said:
Fourteen years ago, my intention was to serve in Parliament for as long as my constituents continued to elect me.
However, much has changed since then. Politics is now dominated by the ongoing division over Brexit. More happily, my private life has been changed profoundly by the birth of my two youngest children.
I now feel that it is time for me to make a change and embrace a new challenge. After a very great deal of thought, I have decided not to stand again as a candidate at the next general election.
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What a difference a Brexit makes.
Retirements mark two sinking ships? 
