Labour MP Mike Amesbury has been suspended after CCTV footage emerged showing him punching a man on a night out. Shadow health secretary Victoria Atkins described the footage as "shocking" and said it is a blow to the Labour party as Mr Amesbury is "one of their attack MPs". Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00I'm in that difficult position where, because there's a police investigation,
00:03obviously we have to give time and space to the police investigation,
00:06but I think anyone looking at that video will find it pretty shocking
00:11and will have to see where the police investigation ends up.
00:14But I know it's a blow for the Labour Party, to put it mildly, because
00:20not only is this the week where they're trying to spin their way out of their budget of broken
00:26promises, but also Mr Ainsbury himself, he's a constant figure in the House of Commons chamber,
00:31he's one of their attack MPs, he is always very supportive of ministers and
00:36has a go at the opposition, and so I suspect they'll feel his absence keenly in the chamber.