UK defence chief Michael Fallon resigns after admitting knee-touching incident - but is that all?
Complainant was a political journalist, but she says it would be ‘absurd’ for Fallon to have quit over the 2002 incident alone
British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon quit Wednesday, becoming the first member of parliament to step down in a developing scandal over sexual harassment at Westminster.
“A number of allegations have surfaced about MPs in recent days, including some about my previous conduct. Many of these have been false but I accept that in the past I have fallen below the high standards that we require of the armed forces that I have the honour to represent,” Fallon wrote in a resignation letter to Prime Minister Theresa May.
Fallon had apologised this week for putting his hand on the knee of political journalist Julia Hartley-Brewer.
Appearing on television, she said she did not think Fallon’s resignation was based solely on the 2002 incident.
“I’m assuming there are more allegations to come,” she told Sky News. “I doubt very much it’s because of my knee and if it is I think that’s really mad and absurd and crazy.”
