Boris Johnson, the U.K.’s Conservative prime minister and the biggest vote-swinger of his generation, was defenestrated with unseemly alacrity last week (though he will remain in the post until his successor is found).
The straw that broke the camel’s back, we are told, was deputy chief whip Chris Pincher. After a heavy night of drinking and groping party guests at the Carlton, an exclusive country club, a stone’s throw away from Buckingham Palace, he resigned. “I’ve embarrassed myself and other people,” he said.
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