Waking up early for work when you’ve been out late the night before is unpleasant, but grown adults tend to understand forgoing sleep leaves you tired, as actions tend to have consequences. Tony Blair’s former spin doctor Alastair Campbell appears not to understand this fact, feigning shock and dismay that he was expelled from the Labour Party after telling BBC Radio 5 he had voted not for Labour, but the Liberal Democrats in the European elections last week.

The Labour Party disciplinary rules are clear on the matter, stating “a member of the Party who joins and/or supports a political organisation other than an official Labour group . . . shall automatically be ineligible to be or remain a Party member.” Campbell tweeted he was “sad and disappointed” to receive an email informing him of his expulsion and stated he was seeking legal advice on appealing the decision.

The histrionic response to Campbell’s ejection was swift, those rallying to his defense exhibiting none of the historical memory of his past behavior and how deeply he was despised by the public and many in the party for his role in the build up to the Iraq War and the circumstances surrounding the death of David Kelly.