'After seven increasingly tumultuous parliaments, this will be my last.'
Crispin Blunt has announced he will step down as an MP at the next general electionMr Blunt, who is MP for Reigate, made the announcementIn a statement, he said: "After seven increasingly tumultuous parliaments, this will be my last."
He apologised last month for "significant upset and concern" caused by his defence of MP Imran Ahmad Khan,In a statement, on his website Mr Blunt said: "This statement is not the place for the tale of the ensuing 25 years. "But its purpose is to use this 25th anniversary to make public, what those closest to me have known privately for some time, that after seven increasingly tumultuous parliaments, this will be my last."
The former justice minister removed a post from his website and Twitter feed last month in which he had claimed Khan was the victim of a "dreadful miscarriage of justice", after the Wakefield MP was found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in 2008.
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