Eric Joyce MP suspended from Labour Party

After allegations of an assault in the “Strangers” Bar in Parliament last night, Eric Joyce has been suspended from Labour Party, and has had the whip withdrawn, pending a police investigation. According to the Guardian:

Scotland Yard confirmed that officers detained a man in his 50s after being called to reports of an incident at a bar within the Palace of Westminster at around 10.50pm on Wednesday. He was taken into custody at a central London police station.

A Labour spokesman said: “This is an extremely serious incident. We have suspended Eric Joyce pending the results of the police investigation.”

We at LabourList don’t want to rush to judge – but if any MP is found guilty of any form of unprovoked violent behaviour, then that must surely be the end of their time as a Labour MP – or an MP at all.

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