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		</div><p>Former Tory leadership candidate Rory Stewart has said he has quit the Conservative Party and will stand down at the next general election.</p>
<p>The former Cabinet minister was among the 21 rebels who had the whip removed by Boris Johnson when he defied him in the Commons by backing a move designed to block a no-deal Brexit.</p>
<p>The Penrith and The Border MP ran against Mr Johnson in the race to lead his party in June, but on Friday he announced his decision to quit.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">It’s been a great privilege to serve Penrith and The Border for the last ten years, so it is with sadness that I am announcing that I will be standing down at the next election, and that I have also resigned from the Conservative Party.</p>
<p>&mdash; Rory Stewart (@RoryStewartUK) <a href="https://twitter.com/RoryStewartUK/status/1180029820920569863?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><em>“It’s been a great privilege to serve Penrith and The Border for the last ten years, so it is with sadness that I am announcing that I will be standing down at the next election, and that I have also resigned from the Conservative Party,”</em> he tweeted.</p>
<p>He did not immediately give any reason for his decision to stand down or quit the party.</p>
<p>Mr Stewart served as international development secretary until his resignation from Government in July, shortly before Mr Johnson took office and undertook his drastic Cabinet reshuffle.</p>
<p>The firm opponent of a no-deal Brexit was among the rebels who voted to take control of the Commons timetable in order to pass legislation aimed at blocking a sudden exit from the EU.</p>
<p>The PM retaliated by ordering the controversial cull, which saw two former chancellors stripped of the Conservative whip.</p>
<p>Amber Rudd, a former Cabinet colleague who resigned from Mr Johnson’s Cabinet and the Tory party last month, said the departure of an “outstanding” MP and minister was a “loss to politics”.</p>
<p><em>“One of the strongest speakers in Parliament. Principled, patient, thoughtful. I feel certain he’ll be back,”</em> she tweeted.</p>
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