John Stringer announced today that he has resigned from his position as board member and acting chairman of the Conservative Party.
The resignation was received by Party Secretary Nathaniel Heslop, who said that Stringer remains supporter of the Conservative Party.
Stringer said that he resigned to move away from the “Colin vs John” issue. He and former party leader Colin Craig had a war of words, which happened in the wake of Colin’s confession that he engaged in “inappropriate behaviour” with former press secretary Rachel MacGregor. Colin claims that he and MacGregor did not have any sexual relations.
A total of 10 board members have resigned form their posts last month. Stringer then made an interim board that cancelled Craig’s membership, despite the party’s former chairman Brian Dobbs’s claims that Stringer had already been suspended from the party and is not a board member.
Stringer, however, maintained that the interim board was legitimate.
“I have never wished this to be a confrontation between Colin and myself, but unfortunately, that is what it has become,” Stringer said in his resignation letter.
“A principal reason for stepping aside for now, is the online abuse my wife, myself and board members are receiving from the Craig camp…I feel it is incompatible to serve on a neutral Board at this time,” he added.
Stringer, who previously said that he would not leave the board, also said that stepping down will now allow him to speak openly and “counter a campaign against myself and the board.”
