When the Germans marched through the Division lobby.

From: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) | Date: April 6, 2003 | Copyright information

SERJEANT at Arms Michael Cummins has ordered an inquiry after a group of Germans on a Commons day trip got into the Labour Division lobby during a vote.

Mistaking the Division bell for a fire alarm, they scurried after Labour MPs all the way past the Speaker's chair, past dozy whips and into the voting lobby, where they mingled unnoticed with MPs including Peter Mandelson and Alan Milburn.

Just as they reached the spot where MPs' votes are recorded, an eagle-...

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