(CNN)Senior Conservative lawmaker Amber Rudd has resigned as the UK’s Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, accusing Prime Minister Boris Johnson of an assault on democracy.
Her resignation will come as a blow to Johnson, after his brother Jo Johnson resigned on Thursday saying he was “torn between family loyalty and the national interest.” Former Conservative MP Phillip Lee also defected to the Liberal Democrats during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday.
Rudd posted her letter to the Prime Minister on Twitter Saturday night, saying she could not “stand by as good, loyal moderate Conservatives are expelled” which she called an “assault on decency and democracy.”
