If there is something wrong with the rules then they should be reviewed and changed, but not in the middle of an ongoing process. It should have been done before.
The fact that is was done at this point, right or wrong, was always going to create an absolute s*** storm and it would have been stupid to think otherwise.
I maintain that his 'crimes' don't seem particularly severe, but nonetheless, he should have known, probably did know, that he was breaking the rules and so there can't really be any complaint.
I notice a comment that said his suspension would have resulted in a by election. I'm sure that was neither the reason that the Government was so keen to stop it nor the reason that the Labour party was so desperate to enforce it.
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