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Boris Johnson's brother, Jo, has decided to leave the government and his MP position on Thursday, September 5, 2019. REUTERS / Hannah McKay

In the UK, not a day without a rebound on the Brexit record. Thursday, September 5, Jo Johnson, the brother of Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation from the government and his position as Conservative MP.

The opposition and the British press are having a great time: " Once again, the people who have the least confidence in Boris Johnson are the ones who know him best, " tweeted a Labor MP. " A rare example of a politician resigning to spend less time with his family, " laughs a BBC journalist.

Jo Johnson had already left last year's government Theresa May to protest against the agreement she had concluded Brexit, a Brexit against which he had campaigned in 2016. This did not prevent him from entering this been in his brother's government. " In recent weeks I have been torn between loyalty to my family and the national interest ," he said Thursday.

Johnson family split on Brexit

Obviously Boris Johsnon understood his gesture, stressing that it should not have been easy for him. The prime minister is training. " We do not talk about Brexit at family meals ," said their sister, Rachel, who is opposed to their father's exit from the EU.

But the blow is hard for Boris Johnson, who has already excluded this week 21 Conservative MPs - another left the party of himself - for voting against his strategy to leave whatever happens the European Union in late October.