Tory whip suspended from Chris Pincher after formal investigation launched

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A Tory MP has had the party whip suspended as an investigation was launched into allegations he drunkenly groped two men at a club.

Chris Pincher dramatically quit as Conservative Party deputy chief whip on Thursday night after an incident in which he said he had 'darnk too much' and 'embarrassed myself and other people.' It followed allegations first reported in The Sun that he had assaulted two fellow guests at a London private members’ club. READ MORE: Former charity boss accused in Parliament of 'spreading hate, racism, and disinformation' in relation to child sexual abuse in Oldham In his resignation letter to the Prime Minister, Mr Pincher said: “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." Boris Johnson had been resisting calls to go further and remove the whip, meaning the Tamworth MP would sit as an independent in the Commons.