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in the “Strangers” Bar in Parliament last night, Eric Joyce has been suspended from Labour Party, and has had the whip withdrawn, pending a police investigation.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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