ofcom says the bbc has an impartiality. does it? jonas tonight at 8:45pm here on bbc news. join us tonight. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the conservative party has suspended the mp chris pincher, who stood down from his government role following allegations he assaulted two men at a private members club on wednesday night. he quit his post yesterday, saying in a resignation letter he drank far too much . two senior female conservative mps, caroline noakes and karen bradley, had joined labour in calling for his suspension from the party and said there should be a new code of conduct for mps. with the latest from westminster here s our correspondent nick eardley. this is chris pincher. until yesterday, hisjob was this is chris pincher. until yesterday, his job was to enforce discipline among conservative mps. but last night he resigned his government role after allegations that he had groped two men. mr chris pincher had been drinking here, a private members club
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