Disgraced MP Eric Joyce tendered his resignation as a member of the Labour Party yesterday as he apologised to colleagues for a bar brawl in parliament.
Mr Joyce told the House of Commons he “had a number of personal issues to address”, adding that his behaviour in Strangers’ Bar on February 22nd had “fallen egregiously below what is required” from an MP.
Last week, Mr Joyce walked away from court with a fine and pub banning order after headbutting Tory rivals Stuart Andrew and Ben Maney in a drunken attack.
Mr Joyce, MP for Falkirk, who accepted he was “hammered” on red wine during the brawl, launched into a frenzied attack after shouting that the bar “was full of f***ing Tories”. – (PA)