The Tory MP who has a good reason on why she's undecided on the EU referendum
Sports minister says the only decision she would be making would be 'which breast pump to buy'
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Your support makes all the difference.As Conservative MPs scramble to take sides for and against Brexit ahead of the upcoming EU referendum, one MP has reminded people she has other priorities.
Sports, tourism and health minister Tracey Crouch tweeted she would not be deciding which way she will vote in the referendum in June just yet because she had ony just had a baby.
She said the "only decision" she would be making on the Monday after renegotiation talks concluded was "which breast pump to buy":
Ms Crouch is thought to have joined an Eurosceptic campaign group to fight against further EU integration in 2011 - but her position following the new renegotiated deal is unknown.
It comes as political blog Guido Fawkes claims 52 MPs are still yet to decide which campaign to back following the announcement of the new EU deal negotiated by Prime Minister David Cameron at the weekend.
So far six cabinet ministers, several junior ministers and at least 100 Tory MPs are reported to be backing the "leave" campaign.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson said he would be backing the Brexit campaign after months of deliberation when reporters showed up outside his home in north London on Sunday.
He said he had decided to back leave because the European "political project" was "in danger of getting out of proper democratic control".
Mr Johnson - who is widely believed to be planning a bid for the Tory leadership after Mr Cameron steps down - said the supreme judicial authority of the European Court of Justice is "getting out of control".
He said there was "too much judicial activism" and "too much legislation coming from the EU".
This is despite previous statements suggesting he supported the In campaign - with him telling German newspaper De Spiegel the UK would face "penalties" if it left the EU in August last year.
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