UKIP

What an amazing year for politics this has been, whoever would have thunk it?

From the Guardian

Woolfe was alleged to have been confronted by Hookem – the party’s defence spokesman, who served in the RAF and Royal Engineers – during the meeting. Hookem is understood to have said “a few choice words” to Woolfe about defecting to the Tories.

“Steven Woolfe has then taken his jacket off, walked over and said: ‘Right you, outside now’ or words to that effect,” a source close to the party told the Guardian. “They went outside and Steven Woolfe got the brunt of it.”

It is understood that Woolfe struck his head but walked away from the alleged altercation at about 10am, and appeared well enough to vote in the parliament half an hour later. However, he left midway through the vote and collapsed on a walkway at about 12.30pm.

Lets hope those foreign doctors in Strasbourg are taking good care of him.

Just heard Nigel Farage described on Radio 4 as 'the hokey-cokey leader' In, out, in, out ..... made me smile anyway.

They seemed the soft side of the National Front

The Daily Mail said he was fighting for his life earlier but he's now happily OK.

They seemed the soft side of the National Front, but not so sure now. Poor chap I wish him well whatever his political persuasion.

Is anyone surprised? The whole attitude of many in this party lends itself to such behaviour.

Yes. I think it says a lot about why Diane James resigned.

Seems they had a disagreement and chose to go outside and use fisty cuffs

The truth will out but he certainly sounds in a poor condition.

Apparently it was a fellow UKIP member who attacked/pushed him. Awful thing to happen whatever one's views of their party. Why would punches be thrown? He was the man who missed the deadline by minutes in his recent leadership attempt.

Makes you wonder whether there is a great deal of aggression and maybe that's why Diane James resigned.

Another source says he was punched by a fellow UKIP MEP and suffered a brain bleed.

The Telegraph quotes sources as saying that Woolfe was punched by a colleague during a meeting of UKIP members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg and is reportedly suffering from bleeding of the brain after he was punched. One witness said he fell into a window after being punched.

Just read this online Ginny42 I heard that he was attacked which lead to a window smashing and him receiving serious head injuries?
Terrible.

Beaking news this lunchtime: Stephen Woolfe - seen by some as a possible future party leader - has been hospitalized and is in serious condition after an "altercation" with a colleague at a meeting in Strasburg.

I think he collapsed after the altercation, not that he was physically attacked.

I think Suzanne Evans will probably be the next leader.

So she lasted less than 20 days- must be some sort of record.

Neil Hamilton is determined to be leader, Nige is determined Hamilton will not be leader

Only temporarily (he says!)

Nige is back!

Perhaps we could send her on an extended visit to meet him? On second thoughts cancel that she might come back with all sorts of ideas!

See the new leader has Putin as her hero- blimey!

'And you wonder why you sour grapes remoaners lost'. It's comments like that that make me question the integrity of some brexit voters I'm afraid.

Jaycee I was not patronising to the people I was talking about, far from it. I did say that I had trouble keeping my opinions to myself ( but I did) I was angry at their lack of understanding of what could happen. I would never be so rude as to belittle someone's worries. I used this story to illustrate a situation which is probably being repeated all over Britain

Hear, hear Jaycee5.