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British PM May forces her deputy to resign over pornography scandal

UK senior minister Damian Green resigns amid sex scandal allegations. [Photo: Courtesy]

British Prime Minister Theresa May forced her most senior minister, Damian Green, to resign for lying about whether he knew pornography had been found on computers in his parliamentary office.

The resignation of one of May’s closest political allies, who had helped pacify her deeply divided party, is a blow as she navigates the final year of tortuous negotiations ahead of Britain’s exit from the European Union in March 2019.

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