Eric Pickles Standing Down As Conservative MP At General Election 2017

Sir Eric Pickles is standing down as an MP after 25 years.
The former Tory party chairman said he would not run for the Brentwood and Ongar seat he has held since 1992 in the general election on 8 June.
On Saturday morning, he tweeted the news:Looking forward to #GE2017 as a canvasser, not a candidate. Thank you Brentwood and Ongar for your support and friendship over 25 years pic.twitter.com/gMN3ZeDEQL— Sir Eric Pickles (@EricPickles) April 22, 2017
He also said on Twitter that he would b