British defence minister Michael Fallon resigned from his position saying he accepted his conduct in the past had fallen below high standards.<br /><br />He was named in a newspaper article earlier this week which said he had touched a radio presenter’s knee in 2002. His spokesman on Monday said he had apologised for the incident at the time. <br /><br />The presenter tweeted that she considered the matter closed.<br /><br />Following the sexual abuse allegations against Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein, hundreds of thousands of women and men shares their stories about inappropriate behaviour,and Britain’s parliament has been no exception.<br /><br />Earlier on Wednesday British Prime Minister Theresa May said action would be taken when there were allegations and evidence of sexual misconduct.<br /><br />“I am very clear that we will take action against those where there are allegations that we see, and the evidence is there, that there has been misconduct,” she told lawmakers.<br />
