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Feb 11 2023
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Toronto mayor John Tory admits affair with staffer, resigns from office
Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Toronto Mayor John Tory has stepped down from office after confirming he had a romantic relationship with a former city staffer.
Tory, a popular incumbent serving his third term as mayor of Canada's biggest city, made the announcement Friday during a brief appearance in which he admitted the relationship.
United Press International
Feb 16 2023
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Toronto Mayor John Tory Officially Resigns on Feb. 17, Begins Transition Plan
Toronto Mayor John Tory speaks during a press conference at city hall in Toronto on Feb. 10, 2023. (The Canadian Press/Arlyn McAdorey) Toronto Mayor John Tory has submitted his formal letter of resignation effective Feb. 17 at 5 p.m., and will now begin a transition plan over the next two days. Tory’s official resignation notice came on the evening of Feb. 15, following a city council meeting
The Epoch Times
Feb 11 2023
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John Tory: Toronto mayor quits after affair with ex-staffer during pandemic
The mayor of Canadian city Toronto has resigned unexpectedly after admitting to a relationship with a former staff member.
John Tory's announcement came shortly after the Toronto Star newspaper reported he had an affair with the 31-year-old woman - whom he did not name.
He said the affair started during the Covid-19 pandemic and was "ended mutually by consent this year".
BBC News
Oct 20 2022
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Liz Truss resigns as prime minister after Tory revolt
Liz Truss has dramatically resigned as prime minister after just 45 days in the job.
The PM said her successor will be elected in a Tory leadership contest, to be completed in the next week.
Tory MPs urged Ms Truss to go after her government was engulfed by political turmoil, following the ditching of most of her economic policies.
Ms Truss was elected by the Tory
BBC News
Jul 13 2022
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Flawed online safety bill is disaster for free speech, claim Tories
The free-speech wing of the Conservative party is lining up against the “fundamentally misdesigned” online safety bill as the government rushes to pass the legislation before the House of Commons breaks up for the summer.
The backbencher David Davis said of the flagship bill: “We all want the internet to be safe. Right now, there are too many dangers online, from videos propagating
The Guardian
Oct 21 2022
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Do You Feel in Charge? How the Tory Establishment Clawed Back Power From Truss’s Milquetoast Revolution
Grassroots members and supporters of the Conservative Party have been put back in their place by the party’s parliamentary elite, with Liz Truss ousted and an establishment premier likely to replace her.
Truss was hardly a staunch conservative given her strenuous support for Remain during the Brexit referendum, immediate postponement of any action against the EU over its behaviour in
Breitbart News
Dec 13 2019
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Victory for Boris Johnson’s all-new Tories
The Conservatives’ capture of the north points to a realignment in British politics. Will it last?
BRITAIN’S ELECTION on December 12th was the most unpredictable in years—yet in the end the result was crushingly one-sided. As we went to press the next morning, Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party was heading for a majority of well over 70, the largest Tory margin since the days of
The Economist
Jul 23 2019
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Boris Johnson elected new Tory leader
Boris Johnson will become Britain’s next prime minister after winning a convincing victory over Jeremy Hunt in the Conservative party leadership race.
The former mayor of London, who has long cherished an ambition to lead his country, won 66% of the votes – 92,153, to Hunt’s 46,656. Turnout was 87.4% among 159,320 party members.
In a characteristically lighthearted acceptance
The Guardian
Jul 23 2019
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Boris Johnson wins race to be Tory leader and PM
Boris Johnson has been elected new Conservative leader in a ballot of party members and will become the next UK prime minister.
He beat Jeremy Hunt comfortably, winning 92,153 votes to his rival's 46,656.
The former London mayor takes over from Theresa May on Wednesday.
In his victory speech, Mr Johnson promised he would "deliver Brexit, unite the country and defeat Jeremy
BBC News
Oct 15 2021
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David Amess: Counterterror police take over investigation into death of Tory MP
Counterterror police are investigating the death of the Conservative MP Sir David Amess, who was stabbed while meeting constituents at a routine public surgery on Friday.
The 69-year-old suffered multiple injuries in the attack at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea.
Essex Police said a 25-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of murder, and that counterterror
The Independent