Baroness Warsi: was Gaza the only motive for resignation?

Warsi steps down in protest at the government's 'morally indefensible' policy in the Middle East

Baroness Warsi
Baroness Warsi claims the Tory party is ‘institutionally Islamophobic’
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Baroness Warsi, a senior Foreign Office minister, has resigned in protest at the Government's policy on Gaza, describing it as "morally indefensible".

She announced her departure on Twitter today and posted her resignation letter to Prime Minister David Cameron in full.

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