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UKIP's Steven Woolfe seriously ill after party 'altercation'
sky.com ^ | October 6, 2016 | Sky News

Posted on 10/06/2016 5:26:35 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Sky sources say Steven Woolfe has suspected bleeding on the brain after being punched in the face by a fellow MEP.

...-A party spokesman said Mr Woolfe was "taken suddenly ill" in the European Parliament building in Strasbourg on Thursday morning.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: dianejames; eu; europe; europeanparliament; fight; fistfight; hookem; hull; mikehookem; punch; stevenwoolfe; strasbourg; suckerpunch; uk; ukip; ukssr
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In the European Parliament building!

Mad Dogs.

1 posted on 10/06/2016 5:26:35 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

It doesn’t sound like a very fun party.


2 posted on 10/06/2016 5:28:39 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Oh dear. Trouble in Elysium. My, my.


3 posted on 10/06/2016 5:28:46 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: Mr. Douglas

Sounds like a wedding in southside Chicago.


4 posted on 10/06/2016 5:33:06 AM PDT by buffaloguy
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Sometimes one freak punch does that. There was another story the other day, where one punch ended up causing severe injury.


5 posted on 10/06/2016 5:35:48 AM PDT by BeadCounter ( Trump Pence! The only choice.)
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Ukip leadership favourite Steven Woolfe is in a "serious" condition in hospital after an altercation at a meeting of the party's MEPs, Nigel Farage has said.
6 posted on 10/06/2016 5:35:59 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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You would probably be afforded the same treatment if you were to at a Dem rally ask people to reconcile Hillary’s public feminist image with her marriage and how she allegedly dealt with the “bimbo” problem.


7 posted on 10/06/2016 5:36:33 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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The incident comes the day after Mr Woolfe declared he was a candidate for the Ukip leadership following the shock resignation of Diane James.

8 posted on 10/06/2016 5:38:03 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: OttawaFreeper

The BBC is not mentioning the punch.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-37572377


9 posted on 10/06/2016 5:38:25 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I have news. That isn’t ill, that’s injured.


10 posted on 10/06/2016 5:40:05 AM PDT by JustaCowgirl (Donald Trump: putting American steel in the spine of our country.)
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To: BeadCounter

Nothing says, “I love you!” like a spinning back-fist.


11 posted on 10/06/2016 5:44:46 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Global warming is the number-one cause of climate change documentaries.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Interesting that they don’t identify the culprit.


12 posted on 10/06/2016 5:56:05 AM PDT by Twotone (Truth is hate to those who hate truth.)
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UKIP's Steven Woolfe and Raheem Kassam to stand for leadership

14 May 2015 Raheem Kassam -- under suspicion

13 posted on 10/06/2016 5:59:23 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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Diane James resigns as Ukip leader after only 18 days in role
14 posted on 10/06/2016 6:06:58 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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http://biasedbbc.org/

Biased BBC will surely eventually be carrying how this is covered.

It is being discussed in the comment section of the open midweek thread.


15 posted on 10/06/2016 6:13:12 AM PDT by BeadCounter ( Trump Pence! The only choice.)
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Steven Woolfe collapsed in the European Parliament (Picture: ITV News)

16 posted on 10/06/2016 6:19:05 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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holy crap! this appears to be sabotage. maybe to make ukip look bad. at any rate somebody is sending a message to somebody else.


17 posted on 10/06/2016 6:40:25 AM PDT by uncitizen (JFK: The first victim of the New World Order)
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Hull's Mike Hookem is alleged to punched party leadership favourite Steven Woolfe
18 posted on 10/06/2016 6:45:24 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

You can’t fight in here!

This is the War Room!


19 posted on 10/06/2016 6:45:32 AM PDT by glock rocks (Black Labs Matter)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Hook ‘em - indeed.


20 posted on 10/06/2016 6:52:11 AM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
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