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Boris Johnson’s government shaken by a new sex scandal


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Boris Johnson’s government, already weakened by various scandalsis facing a new headache over the resignation of a member of the executive accused of groping, the latest in a series of similar cases within the Conservative Party.

The comeback is brutal for the prime minister after a week abroad, where he held three international summits and distanced himself from his political difficulties while presenting himself as a strong supporter of Ukraine against Vladimir Putin.

Social conflicts are multiplying due to the rise in prices and, after the ‘partygate’, they now have to face a new obstacle.

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In a letter of resignation dated last Thursday, the ‘whip’ Chris Pincher -in charge of the parliamentary discipline of the conservative deputies- admits to having “drank too much” and apologizes for “the embarrassment he went through and put other people through.”

According to various British media, the 52-year-old politician “groped” two men – including a deputy, according to Sky News – in front of witnesses, in a private club in central London, the Carlton Club, prompting complaints before the match.

The recent series of cases of a sexual nature within the group in power for 12 years is embarrassing. a deputy rape suspect, Without being named, he was arrested and released on bail in mid-May. Another resigned in April for watching pornography in the House of Representatives on his mobile phone in April, and a former MP was sentenced in May to 18 months in jail for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy.

In these last two cases, the deputies resigned, causing legislative elections Partial and big defeats for the Conservatives, followed by the departure of the party’s chairman, Oliver Dowden.

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ongoing investigation

“The prime minister accepted the resignation and believes it is the right thing to do,” his spokesman said. “Of course, he considers that this kind of behavior is unacceptable and encourages those who wish to file complaints to do so,” he added.

Faced with calls for him to be more severe, Boris Johnson agreed with the person in charge of discipline within the Conservative Party to suspend Pincher from the party “while the investigation continues”, said a spokeswoman for the person in charge.

«It is impossible for conservatives to ignore possible aggression sexual,” tweeted Angela Rayner, the number two of the Labor Party, the main opposition group.

“Boris Johnson must explain how Chris Pincher can remain a Conservative MP», he added, and criticized the «total degradation of the norms of public life» under the prime minister.

The latter was weakened by the party scandal organized in Downing Street despite anticovid restrictions during the pandemic. The case earned him a vote of no confidence in his own camp, which he survived.

He was forced to resign as a ‘whip junior’ in 2012, accused of making sexual advances to an Olympic athlete; he was acquitted and May got him back

Appointed in February, Chris Pincher had already resigned as a ‘whip junior’ in 2017, accused of having sexually propositioned an Olympic athlete and potential conservative candidate in the elections. He was acquitted after an internal investigation.

Reinstated by former Prime Minister Theresa May, he joined the Foreign Office as Secretary of State when Boris Johnson came to power in July 2019.

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Police in London reported that there were no complaints of assault. at the Carlton Club.

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