Alun Cairns quits as UK cabinet minister on furore over rape trial collapse
There are claims he approved the selection of a former aide as a Tory candidate despite being accused by a judge of sabotaging a rape trial
07 November 2019 - 13:46
London — Things keep going wrong for Boris Johnson as he seeks to win a Conservative majority in the UK’s December 12 general election.
The prime minister’s bid was rocked by a cabinet resignation on Wednesday, just minutes before he launched the campaign. Welsh secretary Alun Cairns quit after reports he knew about a former aide’s role in the collapse of a rape trial...
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