{"id":18782,"date":"2013-01-07T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T12:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/2013\/01\/07\/lord-strathclyde-resigns_n_2423753.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-politics?ncid=GEP"},"modified":"2013-01-07T13:05:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-07T12:05:00","slug":"lord-strathclyde-resigns-from-the-cabinet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/lord-strathclyde-resigns-from-the-cabinet\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord Strathclyde Resigns From The Cabinet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lord Strathclyde,<\/a> the Conservative leader of the House of Lords, has stepped down with immediate effect, to revive a career in business.<\/p>\n

He was appointed to the Lords by Margaret Thatcher in 1988, serving as leader of the Tories in the upper house for the past 15 years.<\/p>\n

Lord Strathclyde,<\/a> 52, was never fully behind Nick Clegg’s Lords reform plans and friends say that with that battle behind him now would be a good time to go.<\/p>\n

In his resignation letter he wrote: “When I was invited to join the Government by Margaret Thatcher in 1988, I never believed it was a career for life.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t expect it to consume me for as long as it has or that I would one day lead the Lords and sit in a Cabinet.<\/p>\n

“I always promised myself that when I leave I would do so when I could make a smooth handover to a strong successor. Whatever my feelings on the matter, reform of the Lords is effectively over and now is a good time to mange that handover.”<\/p>\n

David Cameron responded by expressing his sorrow at his departure but said: “After a quarter of a century on the front bench I entirely understand your desire to pursue other interests.<\/p>\n

“You have been an outstanding Leader of the Lords.”<\/p>\n

Although serving a relatively distinguished political career, his personal life was hit by scandal in 2011 when the Mirror exposed his alleged affair<\/a> with a “penniless single mother”.<\/p>\n

Lord Hill of Oareford will replace Lord Strathclyde. Lord Hill served as political secretary to John Major when he was PM and became a life peer in 2010.<\/p>\n

He famously tried to quit<\/a> after the cabinet reshuffle last year, but Cameron was apparently so distracted he failed to hear.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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