Why Ministers Resign from Cabinet?

 Collective responsibility states that ministers should resign if they cannot accept key government policies

 Resignations of cabinet ministers such as Robin Cook resulted from the convention of

 Ministers often claim to have takes a principled stand in these cases, but the reality is often one of messy disagreements with the PM

 Chancellor Callaghan resigned after the 1967 devaluation of sterling

 Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington and two junior ministers resigned after…