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Related: About this forumMP Eric Joyce apologises to MPs over bar brawl
The Falkirk MP also said he had tendered his resignation from the Labour Party after his conduct fell "egregiously below" proper standards.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17343851
LeftishBrit
(41,209 posts)At least his outburst is said to have had one good effect: Andrew Percy had been suffering from back trouble, but miraculously improved after Joyce shoved him against the wall. Now that's what I call rough physiotherapy!
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)Last edited Mon Mar 12, 2012, 04:49 PM - Edit history (1)
my first thought was that it was Fats Pickles.
I can tell you from personal experience that Pickles shits his pants if he sees somebody in a Sheffield Wednesday beanie hat.
Anyone spooked by a hat with a rudimentary picture of an Owl on it is not going to be of any use in a bar room brawl situation.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)Think the Nats could take it in the by-election?
muriel_volestrangler
(101,361 posts)He's said he won't stand again in the 2015 general election. That election will be dominated in Scotland by the result of the 2014 independence referendum, I'd think.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)Still, you have to admit it WOULD have been a dream scenario for Alex Salmond.