I'm sure you both want to see keir do a better job than Johnson did with Chris Pincher.
So what's the current state of play?
With Ricky Jones heading for chokey, they’re gonna run out of MP’s.
Mike Amesbury was suspended from the party over the weekend and has had the whip withdrawn after videos emerged of the altercation in Frodsham, in his constituency in Cheshire ... Keir Starmer called the video “shocking” and said the party had “moved very swiftly” to respond. He said: “There is now a police investigation and in the circumstances you’ll appreciate there’s not much more I can say about that.”
www.theguardian.com
Labour sweeping it under the carpet as are the PoliceMike Amesbury was suspended from the party over the weekend and has had the whip withdrawn after videos emerged of the altercation in Frodsham, in his constituency in Cheshire ... Keir Starmer called the video “shocking” and said the party had “moved very swiftly” to respond. He said: “There is now a police investigation and in the circumstances you’ll appreciate there’s not much more I can say about that.”
Mike Amesbury urged to resign as MP after ‘bridge row’ altercation
Witness reportedly says Runcorn and Helsby MP and second man were arguing about temporary bridge closure
The Times reports it was a row over winter fuel cuts and the closing of a local bridge which led to Labour MP Mike Amesbury beating up a constituent at 2.25am in the street. So that’s the way Labour have decided to deal with dissent by voters. Incredible. And criminal.
Not sure how you draw that conclusion. I don't think the Labour Party have the power to do more (I suppose they could urge him to resign, and perhaps there are people doing just that behind the scenes), and it seems premature to suggest the police are sweeping it under the carpet.
That's funny, sort of, but you need a lightness of touch and speech to make it land as humour.
Labour could take action right now if they wanted. They have seen the video and can judge whether they want him in the Labour Party or not. They cannot force him to give up his seat but they can send out a clear message that his behaviour is unacceptable to them and that his actions make him unwelcome in the Labour Party.
As I understand it he has lost the whip which means that he is not currently a Labour Party member. Not sure how much more unwelcome he can be.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if he ends up on the wrong end of a recall petition (and might resign to pre-empt that), in which case it is his constituents who exercise their prerogative of deciding who should (or should not) represent them in Parliament. I suppose it's not so different to people in a regular job being suspended while remaining on the payroll, although in the case of MPs I'm not sure they would necessarily be doing much less just because they have lost the whip (it would be interesting to see whether whip-less MPs continue to vote at the same rate as when they had the whip).
