The grandson of Britain's revered wartime leader Winston Churchill was expelled from the Conservative Party, as part of a purge of members carried out by new leader Boris Johnson.
The grandson of Britain's revered wartime leader Winston Churchill was expelled from the Conservative Party, as part of a purge of members carried out by new leader Boris Johnson.Nicholas Soames, a member of Parliament since 1997 and Churchill's grandson on his mother's side, was one of 21 Conservative MPs to have the whip removed after defying the government on a vital vote against a no-deal Brexit.
Moments later he was fired by Johnson, who counts Churchill among his heroes and has written a biography of the two-time prime minister.Read MoreChurchill, who steered Britain's wartime coalition government through World War II and was instrumental in securing an Allied victory over Nazi Germany, is frequently regarded as one of the Conservatives' greatest leaders.
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