Tory deputy chief whip Chris Pincher has give up after he allegedly groped two males whereas he was drunk.
In a resignation letter despatched to Boris Johnson, he mentioned he had “embarrassed himself and other people” by consuming an excessive amount of on the Conservative Party’s personal members’ membership.
The alleged incident reportedly occurred on the Carlton Club on Wednesday evening, in response to The Sun.
Mr Pincher mentioned in his resignation letter: “Last night I drank far too much.
“I’ve embarrassed myself and other people which is the last thing I want to do and for that I apologise to you and to those concerned.
“I think the right thing to do in the circumstances is for me to resign as Deputy Chief Whip. I owe it to you and the people I’ve caused upset to, to do this.
“I want to assure you that you will continue to have my full support from the back benches, and I wish you all the best as you deal with aftershocks of Covid and the challenges of international inflation.
“It has been the honour of my life to have served in Her Majesty’s Government.”
In 2017, Mr Pincher was cleared of breaching the occasion’s code of conduct after he referred himself to the Conservatives’ criticism process.
He had resigned because the assistant whip after he was accused of getting made undesirable advances towards former Olympic rower and Tory activist Alex Story 9 years earlier than Mr Pincher grew to become an MP.
Mr Pincher had mentioned: “I do not recognise either the events or the interpretation placed on them … if Mr Story has ever felt offended by anything I said then I can only apologise to him.”
Now, the Conservative Party has been left with no deputy chief whip and occasion chairman.
Last week, Oliver Dowden resigned because the Tories’ chairman after the occasion’s double by-election defeat in Tiverton and Honiton, and Wakefield.
And, in an obvious reference to Partygate in a letter to Mr Johnson, Mr Dowden mentioned he shared the sentiments of Tory supporters who have been “distressed and disappointment by recent events”.
He added that “somebody must take responsibility” because the occasion “cannot continue as business as usual.”
Source: www.impartial.co.uk