Boris Johnson Was At War With The Tory Party Today Over Whether One Of His Most Loyal MPs Should Be Booted Out For Drunkenly Groping Men

Boris Johnson was at war with the Tory party today over whether one of his most loyal MPs should be booted out for drunkenly groping men.
The Prime Minister is trying to resist calls to remove the Conservative whip from Chris Pincher after his sordid behaviour at a posh London members' club.
The 52-year-old Tamworth MP resigned as deputy chief whip last night, admitting he had 'embarrassed himself and other people', after drinking too much at the elite Carlton Club in  on Wednesday.
A No10 spokesman today suggested that with the resignation the PM considered the matter closed. 
But two of the party's most senior female backbenchers demanded he take more robust action as more allegations against the MP emerged. 
Former ministers Caroline Nokes and Karen Bradley, who both now chair select committees, said the party had to display a 'zero tolerance policy' on sexual misconduct and demanded Pincher be stripped of the whip. 
Other critics pointed out that Neil Parish had resigned as Tiverton and Honiton MP for watching porn in the Commons - something less than an alleged sexual assault. 
That resulted in the by-election last week where the Lib Dems overturned a Tory majority of more than 24,000 to take the seat.

Mr Pincher's majority in Staffordshire is 20,000, but the seat was held by Labour for 13 years before he was elected in 2010. 
Mr Parish was also  among those demanding tougher action today, telling LBC: 'The first thing they did to me, and I made a huge mistake, is that they withdrew the whip.
There cannot be double standards.'
Asked whether Mr Johnson believes the issue is done and dusted, a No 10 spokesman told reporters today: 'He's (Chris Pincher) resigned that position so I'm not aware of any sort of Government investigation.'
He added that whether to remain an MP was 'a matter for him (Pincher) as an individual.'
But in their letter Ms Nokes and Ms Bradley said: 'The party and, by extension, the Government are at risk of serious reputational damage by the current approach.'
One MP who was at the event at the Carlton Club on Wednesday claimed to the Guardian Mr Pincher had been so drunk 'he could barely stand up'. 
It also  emerged he was handed the key role enforcing party discipline in February despite allegations about his own lack of self control. 
He apologised publicly and resigned as a whip before in 2017 after being accused by a Tory candidate of making an unwanted pass at him.
And Politco today identified Mr Pincher as the Tory MP said to have required a 'minder' to accompany him to events to keep him out of trouble, something denied by the Conservatives.
Chris Pincher resigned as deputy chief whip last night, saying he had 'embarrassed himself and other people', after drinking too much at the Tories' elite Carlton Club in London. 
But Mr Johnson has been told to strip the Tamworth MP of the Tory whip as it emerged he was handed the key role enforcing party discipline in February despite allegations about his own lack of self control.
Former ministers Caroline Nokes and Karen Bradley, who both now chair select committees, said the party had to display a 'zero tolerance policy' on sexual misconduct and video bokep demanded Pincher be stripped of the whip.
Two senior female Tories today wrote to Mr Johnson demanding Pincher have the whip removed pending an investigation. Former ministers Caroline Nokes and Karen Bradley, who both now chair select committees, said the party had to display 'zero tolerance'.
 Mr Pincher's majority in Staffordshire is 20,000, but the seat was held by Labour for 13 years before he was elected in 2010.
Pictured: The incident took place in the exclusive Carlton Club in London

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