Chris Pincher: Tory whip resigns saying he ’embarrassed himself’
BBC News says TORY DEPUTY chief whip Chris Pincher has resigned from the government, as a newspaper alleged he groped two men at a private members’ club.
In his resignation letter, he told the PM he “drank far too much” and “embarrassed myself and other people”.
Witnesses told the BBC he was seen “extremely drunk” at the Carlton Club, the Conservative Party members’ club in London on Wednesday night.
The BBC has approached Mr Pincher for comment.
A Downing Street source said as things stood he would face no further action from the party and would keep the whip – meaning he would remain a Conservative MP.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62002088
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