He acknowledged that his behavior in the past did not meet the standards accepted among the military. As reported by the BBC, this decision is not connected with new or specific complaints addressed to him.
At the same time, the minister explained, in recent days the traditionally flourishing culture of sexual harassment was widely discussed in the British Parliament.
A number of statements about members of parliament, including my past behavior.
Many of them are false, but I acknowledge that in the past I did not meet the high standards that we assign to the Armed Forces that I have the honor to represent, "Fallon said in a statement on his resignation, promulgated by the office of the Prime Minister of Great Britain.
Recall, as reported URA-Inform, October 12, the head of the largest group of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the PACE rapporteur on Ukrainian issues Axel Fischer resigned.