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British PM’s brother quits politics amid Brexit row

Jo Johnson, the younger brother of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, is resigning as an MP and minister, saying he is “torn between family loyalty and the national interest,” the BBC reports.

The business minister and Tory MP for Orpington, south-east London, cited an “unresolvable tension” in his role.

Mr Johnson voted Remain in the 2016 EU membership referendum, while his brother co-led the Leave campaign.

He resigned as a minister last year in protest at Theresa May’s Brexit deal.

But he re-entered government during the summer, after Conservative Party members elected his brother as leader.

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