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Federal Liberal backbencher John Alexander MP has resigned from parliament today due to concerns he holds dual-citizenship with the United Kingdom. This resignation, along with the earlier High Court ruling is another failure of process where politicians who assumed they were in the clear have run afoul of the Australian Constitution.