In the last few minutes, Chris Pincher has had the Conservative whip suspended after he resigned this morning over allegations he groped two men earlier this week. The Tory chief whip has announced that the former deputy chief whip will now lose the whip while an investigation into his behaviour takes place. A spokesman said:
Having heard that a formal complaint has been made to the ICGS [the Independent Complaints and Grievence Scheme], the Prime Minister has agreed with the Chief Whip that the whip should be suspended from Chris Pincher while the investigation is ongoing. We will not prejudge that investigation.
There had been noticeable disquiet in the cabinet at Pincher’s retention of the whip today
There had been noticeable disquiet in the cabinet at Pincher’s retention of the whip today, with Welsh Secretary Simon Hart refusing to say he thought this should continue as a Tory MP, and instead saying he knew ‘what I would like to see happen’, and that ‘I think we might be having a very different conversation as the day goes on’.
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