Anna Soubry CRIES on stage as she announces resignation from 'Brexiteer awkward ...

Anna Soubry announced she was leaving the Conservative Party to join the Independent Group on Wednesday. The anti-Brexit campaigner made the move with two colleagues and claimed she was leaving the Conservative Party as it has shifted to the right and "the modernising reforms that had taken years to achieve were destroyed". Ms Soubry choked up as she announced she was leaving the Conservative Party, right at the beginning of her speech.

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She said: “The Conservative Party has been very good to me. I have been elected three times to represent the people of Broxtowe as their Member of Parliament.

“I am very grateful for the support and hard work of a small team of activists, mostly of Broxtowe Conservatives, they know who they are, friends and family who enabled me to win.”

Online commentators were quick to point out Ms Soubry was getting emotional on stage.

One wrote: “Anna Soubry on the verge of tears as she explains her decision to quit the Tories, says it has been taken over by Brexiteer awkward squad.”

Anna SoubryBrexit news: Anna Soubry choked up on stage as she announced her resingation (Image: SKYNEWS)

Anna Soubry on the verge of tears as she explains her decision to quit the Tories

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Another added: “Anna Soubry on the verge of tears at one point as she thanks activists and friends in her local Tory party in Broxtowe.”

A third said: “Anna Soubry chokes back tears as she recalls her career in the Tory party.”

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