Jo Johnson and the resignation citing family loyalty and the national interest

Conservative MP and minister

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an unresolvable tension between family loyalty and the national interest

Jo Johnson wrote that he would leave the government and stand down as an MP, citing a conflict between family loyalty and the national interest.

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Why it mattered

His brother Boris Johnson was prime minister and the government was facing a dispute over a possible no-deal Brexit. The personal language in the announcement made the political disagreement unusually visible.

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