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UK minister quits over lewd messages to women
[PRESSTV] A British government minister has stepped down after being exposed for sending lewd social media messages to a number of women.After the Sunday Mirror newspaper published details of his chats with two barmaids, Small business minister Andrew Griffiths, Tory Prime Minister Theresa May's former chief of staff, said he felt "deeply ashamed" and had already handed in his resignation letter on Friday. "I am deeply ashamed at my behavior which has caused untold distress to my wife and family, to whom I owe everything, and deep embarrassment to the prime minister and the government," the disgraced MP said in a statement. "I tendered my resignation as parliamentary under secretary of state for small business on Friday," he added. Barmaid Imogen Treharne, 28, told the Mirror in detail how the married minister and member of parliament, whose first child was born in April, sent her over 2,000 offensive messages in just three weeks. "I wanted him to be a nice guy, but by the end I felt dirty. I felt like I was being used for this wealthy man's gratification," she was quoted as saying. Posted by: Fred 2018-07-16 |
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