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Johnson faces calls to punish disgraced whip Pincher after drunken scandal
Christopher Pincher in Downing Street, London

BORIS JOHNSON faced pressures yesterday to expel former deputy chief whip Chris Pincher from the Parliamentary Conservative Party in the wake of reports that he got drunk at a private members’ club and allegedly groped two men.

Mr Pincher resigned from his whips’ office position on Thursday evening in a letter to the Prime Minister following his alleged assault on two men at the Carlton Club in central London on Wednesday.

The MP, who as deputy chief whip was tasked with maintaining discipline in his party, said in his letter: “Last night, I drank far too much.

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