The Hon Eric Joyce MP has proved to be rather dis honourable.
Last night, in a Commons bar, in front of a delegation from the Canadian parliament, led
by its Speaker, he (allegedly) got into a drunken rage, and started head-butting
and hitting his fellow MPs, Tory and Labour alike. Among his victims were a
Tory MP, Stuart Andrew, and a whip from his own party.
It appears that he was disconcerted that, when he stotted* in to the
bar, he found it full of Tories! Poor thug, I mean, thing.
Given that there are more Tories than any other party in London's parliament, it’s not entirely surprising that a bar in that parliament would have
a fair number of them (also given that they serve cheap booze, subsidised by us).
Actually I've never quite understood why the House of Commons (or Lords for that matter) has a bar, never mind several bars, never mind several subsidised bars.
Most places of work don't.
If ever there was a good reason to stop this needless expense (seeing as we are all in it together) it is now. When a tiny minority of football fans proved that they couldn't behave responsibly with drink at matches, it was banned. Now is the perfect time to take it away from MPs, who clearly aren't able to behave with it.
As for Mr Joyce, he has been suspended by the Labour party (well done to them for acting quickly on this) and Mr Andrew is going to press charges (well done to him.
Not much of a future then, Eric?
*Scots for "staggered".
