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Head-butts and flying fists break out at Britain’s House of Commons
The Globe and Mail ^ | February 23, 2012 | Doug Saunders

Posted on 02/23/2012 9:39:13 AM PST by iowamark

On Wednesday morning, Canada’s Speaker of the House Andrew Scheer was in the midst of a very Canadian debate over whether to allow babies in the House of Commons.

That evening he got a taste of the far more grownup world of Britain’s parliament, as he reportedly found himself in the midst of an MP fistfight.

According to British newspapers, Mr. Scheer was part of a Canadian delegation invited to visit Strangers, one of several drinking establishments inside the House of Commons...

There, according to reports, he was one of dozens of visitors who witnessed a startling scene as Eric Joyce, a Labour MP, went on a violent rampage against Tory MPs and was arrested.

Mr. Joyce, the member for Falkirk, reportedly began dancing erratically before shouting a disparaging remark about the Tories, dumping drinks on some fellow members, swinging his fists at several MPs who tried to calm him down, including Labour whip Phil Wilson.

He then head-butted Stuart Andrew, the Tory MP for Pudsey, punched a few more people, and head-butted the MP again.

“There was blood spilled – it was like the Wild West in there,” one MP told the Evening Standard.

It took five security officers to calm the over-excited MP, according to the Evening Standard. He was arrested on suspicion of assault and on Thursday morning was suspended from the Labour caucus. The British Speaker of the House, John Bercow, told reporters he would take the incident “very seriously.”

Heavy drinking is considered a serious problem in Britain’s Parliament. There are bars adjoining the Commons and Lords chambers which are packed before and after sittings; it is widely reported that some MPs have numerous drinks before attending sittings – even in the morning. Stories about drunken brawls and misbehaviour among parliamentarians abound...

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MP Eric Joyce arrested over assault at House of Commons bar

1 posted on 02/23/2012 9:39:22 AM PST by iowamark
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To: iowamark

I went to Parliament and a hockey game broke out.


2 posted on 02/23/2012 9:40:45 AM PST by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: iowamark
A gentlemen’s house occupied by thugs…
3 posted on 02/23/2012 9:44:04 AM PST by cartan
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To: nutmeg

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4 posted on 02/23/2012 9:44:39 AM PST by nutmeg
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To: iowamark

This could never happen in America. Members of Congress are immune from arrest while Congress is in session.


5 posted on 02/23/2012 9:46:47 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Ceterum autem censeo, Obama delenda est.)
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To: dfwgator

Will the guy face real justice for assault? Or do leftwing MP’s get off easy like they do in the US?


6 posted on 02/23/2012 9:49:41 AM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: iowamark

He looks a bit like Charlie Sheen!

7 posted on 02/23/2012 9:52:38 AM PST by cartan
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To: iowamark

Recall the old saying, “ Drunker than a Lord”. Old sailors know about these things.


8 posted on 02/23/2012 9:54:21 AM PST by Citizen Tom Paine (An old sailor sends)
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To: GeronL

They’ve got nothing on the Taiwanese.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwLTaHlWH0g


9 posted on 02/23/2012 9:56:28 AM PST by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: iowamark

Personally, I wish the occasional donnybrook would break out in Congress. It would give me more respect for them.


10 posted on 02/23/2012 9:57:49 AM PST by Oberon (Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
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To: iowamark
invited to visit Strangers, one of several drinking establishments - sounds like an establishment that would cater to fancy lads...

It was like the Wild-West m - don't drag us into this, it sounds like typical English soccer hooliganism to me

11 posted on 02/23/2012 10:02:06 AM PST by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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‘’the Wild West’’? You mean there were Colt revolvers drawn? I thought the Brits dis-armed themselves.


12 posted on 02/23/2012 10:13:32 AM PST by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: Oberon
Personally, I wish the occasional donnybrook would break out in Congress. It would give me more respect for them.

I completely agree ... they are all just so much kabuki theater ... and no one ever alls anyone on a bald faced lies

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13 posted on 02/23/2012 10:22:27 AM PST by Elle Bee
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To: iowamark

That would explain how Great Britain was sold out to socialism by its Governing class.

Too stupid drunk to know what they were doing and too selfish to care.

Churchill would be appalled at their loutishness. He used water for painting and liquor for libation.


14 posted on 02/23/2012 10:25:51 AM PST by sodpoodle ( Newt - God has tested him for a reason...... to bring America back from the brink.)
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To: jmacusa

“I thought the Brits dis-armed themselves.”

Castraited themselves also.


15 posted on 02/23/2012 10:39:51 AM PST by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country., Really! NOW!!!)
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To: dfwgator

A real regularly scheduled spectator sport on Formosa eh?


16 posted on 02/23/2012 10:45:31 AM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: iowamark
He was arrested on suspicion of assault...

17 posted on 02/23/2012 10:58:27 AM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: dfwgator

More like “I went to Parliament and a West Ham United-Millwall F.C. hooligan street brawl broke out.”

}:-)4


18 posted on 02/23/2012 11:08:04 AM PST by Moose4 ("Oderint dum metuant" -- "Let them hate, as long as they fear." (Lucius Accius, c. 130 BC))
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To: Moose4

Or if it were Scotland, a Rangers - Celtic match (although usually there’s more violence in Northern Ireland during those matches than actually in Glasgow.)


19 posted on 02/23/2012 11:10:07 AM PST by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: cartan

He must have lost his teddy bear.

“35 percent of British adults sleep with bear”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2850251/posts


20 posted on 02/23/2012 11:12:21 AM PST by bgill (Romney & Obama are both ineligible. A non-NBC GOP prez shuts down all ?s on Obama's admin)
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