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Tory deputy chief whip stands down after admitting drunken behaviour

Chris Pincher says in letter to PM he has ‘embarrassed myself and other people’

The Conservative party’s deputy chief whip quit on Thursday after admitting he had drunk too much and “embarrassed myself and other people” at a private members’ club.

Chris Pincher, who was appointed to the job this year as part of an effort to shore up Boris Johnson’s position as UK prime minister, resigned following allegations of inappropriate behaviour.

In a letter to Johnson, Pincher wrote: “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.”

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