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Married Tory minister Andrew Griffiths has quit over perverted demands he made in 2,000 texts sent to two barmaids.

The new dad sent Imogen Treharne and her pal £700 and offered to rent a flat to meet for sex.

He demanded explicit photos and videos and described degrading sex acts in crude detail.

Small business minister Mr Griffiths, 47, today said he was “deeply shamed”, apologised for embarrassing Prime Minister Theresa May and said he would be “seeking help”.

The MP, a former adviser to Mrs May, is renowned for setting up the Women To Win campaign to have more female MPs elected.

He has also lambasted company chiefs for having too few women in boardrooms.

But with astounding hypocrisy the MP for Burton and Uttoxeter made a string of perverted demands of barmaid Imogen, 28, and her friend.

Sex text MP Andrew Griffiths' dossier of thousands of 'violent and degrading' messages to barmaids investigated by Tories - CLICK HERE TO READ

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He bombarded the girls with scores of messages virtually every day for three weeks after striking up a friendship on social media.

In a string of texts Griffiths called himself “Daddy”, promised money if he received racy images and described perverted and rough sex he claimed to have had with other women.

The shamed Tory wrote:

“I’m going to need something filthy to put a smile on my face. I want to see you both naked.”

“Take off the bra and panties… you’ve got Daddy in such a frenzy.”

“I’m going to bring you to London and do whatever I want to you.”

“I’m thinking maybe we need a flat for Daddy’s girls. I’m taken by you both. You girls are spectacular.”

Many more messages go into shocking detail about his liking for certain sexual acts and are too disgusting to print in full.

The shamed MP also boasted about being powerful in politics.

He claimed he was thinking about the girls as he drank champagne with Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace.

He boasted abut having a friendship with opera star Katherine Jenkins.

And he belittled TV star and model Katie Price, who he met at a fundraising event, saying she “looked like a cat”.

Many of his texts were sent to Imogen and her friend before and after conducting important Parliamentary business.

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He fired off one at 4.10pm on June 20, just 25 minutes after voting against the Government’s Brexit bill.

And he gleefully boasted to the girls: “Daddy’s busy running the country.”

In a statement on Saturday, the minister said: “I am deeply ashamed at my behaviour which has caused untold distress to my wife and family, to whom I owe everything, and deep embarrassment to the Prime Minister and the Government I am so proud to serve.

“I do not seek to excuse my behaviour and will be seeking professional help to ensure it never happens again.”

The episode is another huge blow to the Tories, already on the ropes following the resignations of David Davis and Boris Johnson, endless infighting over Brexit and being made to look fools by visiting US President Donald Trump.