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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Colin Drury

‘Who will respect him after this anyway?’: Voters in Tamworth call on MP Chris Pincher to resign amid scandal

The Independent

Residents in the Staffordshire town of Tamworth say MP Chris Pincher should quit his seat after being accused of groping two men on a night out.

Overnight, Mr Pincher – a Conservative first elected here in 2010 – had quit as the government’s deputy chief whip after admitting he got drunk on a night out in London. Further allegations suggest he also groped two male members of parliamentary staff. “I drank far too much,” he wrote in his resignation letter. “I’ve embarrassed myself.”

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