Posted on 10/27/2024 11:45:19 AM PDT by RandFan
Labour MP Mike Amesbury has been suspended from the party and has had the whip withdrawn, after CCTV footage emerged appearing to show him punching a man to the ground.
In footage obtained by the Daily Mail, the Runcorn and Helsby MP is apparently seen continuing to hit the man as he lies in the street.
It comes after a different video, posted on X, purported to show Amesbury shouting and swearing at the man lying in the street in Frodsham, Cheshire.
Amesbury has been contacted for comment.
A Labour party spokesman said: “Mike Amesbury MP has been assisting Cheshire Police with their inquiries following an incident on Friday night.
"As these inquiries are now ongoing, the Labour Party has administratively suspended Mr Amesbury’s membership of the Labour Party pending an investigation.”
He has also lost the Labour whip in the House of Commons.
It is not clear what happened in the build-up to the moments caught on film.
In that clip, Amesbury can be heard shouting: "You won't threaten the MP ever again, will you?"
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Well at least he didn’t punch a woman
“Well at least he didn’t punch a woman”
Give him time. He’s a leftist and will learn the art of not discriminating when he practices idiocy.
I hope he didn’t call him a groomer. You can go to prison for that in the UK.
Or maybe that’s only if you call an actual groomer by that name. I’m not sure.
This is what the left really thinks of the man on the street.
It’s the UK so he can’t shoot the dog, but he might try to make it eat English cooking…
Does everyone have to act like a complete pig these days?
Much as I despise Labour politicians, I’d prefer to reserve judgement on this one.
Everyone has the right to defend themselves, and I find it hard to believe a 55 year old politician is in the habit of walking around randomly punching members of the public in the face for no reason whatsoever.
I have never seen a major Western political party crash and burn as quickly and as thoroughly as Labour has after their landslide election. Its amazing. This is just piling on at this point.
Why would the Labour Party object to that?
A standard English breakfast is very good
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