A Tory peer has resigned the government whip after he was found to have bullied and harassed two people while drunk.
Lord Ranger was set to be banned from the House of Lords bars following an investigation into his conduct.
He has now apologised for his behaviour and given up the whip – meaning he will have to sit as an independent peer.
A statement from the whip’s office said: “Lord Ranger has resigned the government whip and apologised for his actions, which were an unacceptable breach of the standards of the House, and of parliament. The committee has recommended a sanction, which should be respected.”
The House of Lords Conduct Committee has recommended Lord Ranger be suspended from the House for three weeks following an investigation into an incident in parliament’s Strangers’ Bar in January.
The committee’s report said Lord Ranger had been “visibly drunk” and made “various inappropriate comments” to a group of people in Strangers’ Bar.
He then returned to the same group and “acted aggressively, shouting and swearing”, calling them “f*****g useless” and “invading their personal space”.
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