Junior minister Walker resigns in protest over UK PM Johnson

LONDON (Reuters) – Robin Walker, a junior lawmaker in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government, resigned as minister of state for school standards on Wednesday, the latest in a series of departures in protest over Johnson’s leadership.

“Recent events have made it clear to me that our great party ..

has become distracted from its core missions by a relentless focus on questions over leadership,” he said in his resignation letter posted on Twitter.

(Reporting by William James, writing by Muvija M)

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