Unic Press UK: The UK Defense Secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, has resigned, saying “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” in a letter to the Prime Minister.
Michael Fallon's resignation letter pic.twitter.com/iJJ61QRFXh
— Archie Bland (@archiebland) November 1, 2017
Michael Fallon’s resignation comes a day after his spokesman revealed that his boss was once rebuked by a journalist, Julia Hartley-Brewer, for putting his hand on her knee during a dinner in 2002, the BBC reports.
#Kneegate (although I doubt my knee was the reason) https://t.co/1S9uVEkNLG
— Julia Hartley-Brewer (@JuliaHB1) November 1, 2017
Downing Street has released a written reply to Michael Fallon’s resignation letter.
May's letter responding to Fallon pic.twitter.com/NLucp4ROAJ
— Archie Bland (@archiebland) November 1, 2017
