Tory MP quits to spend more time with her family

High-profile Conservative MP Louise Mensch is to leave parliament to move to New York with her family.

Tory  MP quits to spend more time with her family

Mensch, 41, a prominent presence on Twitter who recently set up her own social network, tweeted: “I am devastated by the necessary decision that I have had to announce today… It has, however, proved impossible to balance the needs of my family.”

Since her election in 2010, Mensch has become a well-known Conservative figure and was seen as a potential minister.

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