
Chris Pincher (right) with chief whip Chris Heaton-Harris leaving Downing Street following their appointment in February (Aaron Chown/PA)
(Picture: PA Wire)Conservative MP Chris Pincher wrote to Boris Johnson on Thursday tendering his resignation as Deputy Chief Whip.
“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,” his stunning resignation letter opened, without going on to reference the specific allegations reported in the press of groping two guests at a private members’ club.