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Sayeeda Warsi quits Conservatives over UK party’s lurch to ‘far right’

Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, who sits in the House of Lords, has quit the Conservative Party amid a row over her defence of a pro-Palestinian protester [File: Reuters]

Britain’s first Muslim cabinet minister has resigned from the opposition Conservative Party, saying it has moved too far to the right.

Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, who sits in the House of Lords, announced her decision on Thursday, saying that it was “a reflection of how far right my Party has moved and the hypocrisy and double standards in its treatment of different communities”.

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