Labour's Mike Amesbury is in serious deep water and he knows it. With video footage from multiple angles, including the CCTV footage, there is zero doubt that Amesbury committed a sustained violent assault on a constituent in the early hours of Saturday. With millions of Britons watching on in anticipation of how this plays out, if nothing is done it will further instill what we already know - Two Tier Britain is not a myth.
Amesbury's only public response to date is a statement on his social media accounts, in which he says he 'felt threatened'. However, the video footage clearly shows that his victim was standing off Amesbury, with his hands down by his sides and he actually looks away the moment before Amesbury launches his attack. There is no visible threat to the MP and even with reports that the man had been complaining about a local bridge closure and cuts to winter fuel payments, if the debate was so heated why is everyone else in the video standing well away and apparently minding their own business - and yet, crucially, immediately intervene when they realise an assault is in progress? If the two were arguing so vociferously and the MP felt 'threatened', surely these people would have been surrounding the men and trying to calm them down?
As ever, there is a very apt social media post from the MP at the centre of this incident. Less than three months ago, Amesbury posted about 'thugs and criminals' on X, sharing a Home Office graphic that threatened rioters with hefty sentences...
What sentence can we expect for you, Mr Amesbury?
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