Literally just seen on the news that a Labour MP has been spared prison time after a drunken brawl in which he attacked four other MPs. Apparently his early Guilty plea was taken into account. His punishment is a 12-month community order (including a curfew), a ban on entering pubs for a mere 3 months and a fine for £3,000 plus £1,400 in compensation to his victims. That's in total, not each.
The Labour Party has suspended him, 'pending an enquiry', but he apparently expects to remain the MP for his home constituency until 2015, and will not then seek re-election.
This is absolutely fucking insane, considering any normal person would be sent straight to prison, guilty plea or not. That was FOUR people he assaulted, one was headbutted. And it's not even his first drink-related offense.
Worse still, he's a former soldier - a former Major, no less - so his self-discipline should be far better.
Suspension from the party goes without saying, but he should really have been expelled on the spot. If the enquiry doesn't expel him, the Labour Party stands to lose a heck of a lot of credibility.
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