Head-butts and flying fists break out at Britain’s House of Commons

The Globe and Mail ^ | February 23, 2012 | Doug Saunders

[iowamark]

MP Eric Joyce arrested over assault at House of Commons bar

[dfwgator]

I went to Parliament and a hockey game broke out.

[cartan]

A gentlemen’s house occupied by thugs…

[nutmeg]

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[Lonesome in Massachussets]

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

[GeronL]

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

[cartan]

He looks a bit like Charlie Sheen!

[Citizen Tom Paine]

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

[dfwgator]

They’ve got nothing on the Taiwanese.

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

[Oberon]

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

[NativeSon]

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

[jmacusa]

‘’the Wild West’’? You mean there were Colt revolvers drawn? I thought the Brits dis-armed themselves.

[Elle Bee]

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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[sodpoodle]

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.

[dirtymac]

“I thought the Brits dis-armed themselves.”

Castraited themselves also.

[GeronL]

A real regularly scheduled spectator sport on Formosa eh?

[philman_36]

He was arrested on suspicion of assault...

[Moose4]

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

}:-)4

[dfwgator]

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.)

[bgill]

He must have lost his teddy bear.

“35 percent of British adults sleep with bear”
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