MP arrested after alleged HOC bar 'assault'
23-02-2012, 18:47
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Re: MP arrested after alleged HOC bar 'assault'
If he never did what he did and got arrested. I wonder if he would have driven home?
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23-02-2012, 20:59
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Re: MP arrested after alleged HOC bar 'assault'
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If he never did what he did and got arrested. I wonder if he would have driven home?
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Doubt it - in London we have things called black cabs..... 
Apparently Joyce had to resign as Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary in 2010 after pleading guilty to failing to provide a breath test......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Joyce
His record on expenses also makes interesting reading...
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Joyce was the top-claiming Member of the House of Commons for the 2005–06 Parliamentary Session, claiming £174,811 in expenses, of which 62% was for staff and office costs.[22] ......he once again rose to the top of the expenses list for the 2007–08 Parliamentary Session with £187,334.[24]
Joyce was the first MP to claim more than £1 million cumulatively in expenses.[25] In October 2007 Joyce claimed £180 for three oil paintings. When asked why he had used taxpayer's funds in such a way he replied "because they look nice."[26] In May 2009, tabloids reported Joyce was seeking advice from HM Revenue and Customs regarding £40,000 in unpaid capital gains tax on the sale of his London home, which he had designated as his second home under the Second Homes Allowance scheme.."
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24-02-2012, 04:48
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Re: MP arrested after alleged HOC bar 'assault'
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Doubt it - in London we have things called black cabs.....
Apparently Joyce had to resign as Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary in 2010 after pleading guilty to failing to provide a breath test......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Joyce
His record on expenses also makes interesting reading...
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Not the shining example we are looking for in our MPs l am afraid.  
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24-02-2012, 07:02
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Not the shining example we are looking for in our MPs l am afraid. |
Yes and I wonder how many people he's lectured on social responsibility over the years...
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24-02-2012, 07:05
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Yes and I wonder how many people he's lectured on social responsibility over the years...
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Quite a few Osem l suspect and l suspect straight afterwards he broke all the rules of social responsibility that he was only preaching moments earlier.
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24-02-2012, 07:33
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24-02-2012, 08:33
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Seems some glass got smahed too:
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Hmmm Fight said red why the **** thinks Eric Joyce is a Red is beyond me. 
Not too keen on Eric Joyce however myself.
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09-03-2012, 09:59
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Labour MP Eric Joyce pleads guilty to all charges of assault following brawl in Commons bar.
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Lets hope the punishment fits the crime.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...itics-17310549
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MP Eric Joyce has been fined £3,000 and banned from pubs for three months after he admitted assaulting politicians in a House of Commons bar.........
....... As well as a £3,000 fine, he was ordered to pay £1,400 in compensation to his victims. ...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...itics-17310549
Doesn't seem a very harsh punishment I must say.
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10-03-2012, 09:33
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Falkirk MP Eric Joyce shouted at police "You can't touch me, I'm an MP" on the night he attacked four politicians in a House of Commons bar, a court has been told.
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http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16185360
Everything that is wrong with British politics is in those 7 words 
I would have jailed him just for saying that
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10-03-2012, 09:48
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"You can't touch me, I'm an MP"
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Wonder if he was thinking that when claiming all those expenses?.....
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10-03-2012, 09:53
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Re: MP arrested after alleged HOC bar 'assault'
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Wonder if he was thinking that when claiming all those expenses?.....
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In all likelyhood he will be expelled so at least that will be one less pig at the trough.....untill his replacement is elected
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10-03-2012, 09:59
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In all likelyhood he will be expelled so at least that will be one less pig at the trough.....untill his replacement is elected
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The article says he will be expelled from the Labour Party but IIRC he's intending to stay on as an MP until the next election.
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10-03-2012, 10:11
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The article says he will be expelled from the Labour Party but IIRC he's intending to stay on as an MP until the next election.
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didn't know they could do that ,i thought that if they got expelled from a party then it would force a by election
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10-03-2012, 12:11
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Re: MP arrested after alleged HOC bar 'assault'
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I don't think that's any different to voluntarilly leaving a party or even going over to the dark side. Neither of which precipitate a by-election. IIRC only death or resignation as an MP can cause that.
The electorate voted for the candidate (ostensibly) rather than the party that backed him/her. Though as we know in practice in safe seats you could put a rosette on a pile of bull plop and it would be elected.
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Quite and don't we see such a lot of evidence of that! The art of being a 'successful' MP all too often boils down to getting your self elected or parachuted into a safe seat by your mates with the accompanying meal ticket for life...
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