The former Minister of Justice made the announcement in a statement posted on his website for the 25 years in Parliament. “This statement is not the place for the 25-year history that followed,” he said. “But his purpose is to use this 25th anniversary to make public, what my closest people have known privately for some time, that after seven increasingly turbulent parliaments, this will be my last.” There is no electoral pact between Labor and the Liberal Democrats, Starmer is committed – Politics last The Reigate MP spent 11 years in the armed forces before being elected in 1997. He is also the uncle of actress Emily Blunt. Last month, Mr Blunt apologized for the “significant upheaval and concern” caused by the defense of fellow MP Imran Ahmad Khan after he was convicted of sexually assaulting a teenager in 2008. Mr Blunt called the verdict a “terrible judicial injustice” in a statement on his website. However, he deleted the message after Conservative Party officials said it was “completely unacceptable.” In a statement, Mr Blunt said he had decided to withdraw his statement and insisted “I do not condone any form of abuse and I strongly believe in the independence and integrity of the judiciary”. Mr Blunt also proposed his resignation as chairman of an all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on LGBT issues following MPs’ protests over his comments. Mr Khan, who was ousted by the Conservative Party after the verdict, plans to appeal the sentence.
