Video footage that appears to show MP Mike Amesbury punching a man to the ground is "very graphic", Cabinet minister Pat McFadden has said.Mr Amesbury lost the Labour whip on Sunday after a clip was published by MailOnline in which the Runcorn and Helsby MP is apparently seen continuing to hit the man lying on the ground as others nearby shout "stop it".

Video footage that appears to show MP Mike Amesbury punching a man to the ground is "very graphic", Cabinet minister Pat McFadden has said.Mr Amesbury lost the Labour whip on Sunday after a clip was published by MailOnline in which the Runcorn and Helsby MP is apparently seen continuing to hit the man lying on the ground as others nearby shout "stop it".