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No sympathy for Joyce as voters condemn 'assault'

IF Eric Joyce was looking for support from voters in his Falkirk constituency after being questioned by police about an alleged assault in the House of Commons bar, he would not have found it.

Currently Mr Joyce, 51, is suspended from the Labour whip following the alleged assault on Tory MP Stuart Andrew .

Yesterday on Falkirk's rain-spattered streets, hundreds of miles away from where the backbench MP was held in custody over the claims in London, there was frustration and revulsion at his alleged behaviour.