Neil Coyle said he was ‘hugely sorry’ and is ashamed after being ejected for a drunken rant in a parliamentary bar
A Labour MP has said he was regularly drinking “a dozen pints” a day before being thrown out of his party for a drunken rant in a parliamentary bar.
Neil Coyle, who has now been sober for 500 days, was ejected from Labour after being accused of racism and says he asked to only be readmitted on the condition that he gave up drinking.
He said he was “hugely sorry” for his behaviour and is “ashamed” at the “dependency I had at that point”.
In an interview with the Camilla Tominey Show on GB News, the Labour MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark said he had begun attending Alcoholics Anonymous and has since helped other MPs to stop or reduce their drinking.