The Ukip leadership contender Steven Woolfe has been discharged from hospital after an altercation with a fellow MEP. The north-west England representative has claimed his colleague Mike Hookem “came at him” in a scuffle outside a meeting in Strasbourg, France, on Friday. Woolfe, who suffered seizures and collapsed later that day, was taken to hospital with a suspected head injury. A Ukip spokesman said on Sunday: “Steven Woolfe has today been discharged from hospital in Strasbourg. He said the incident happened after Hookem told Woolfe it was his own fault he did not get his nomination papers in on time.

Source: The Guardian October 09, 2016 13:52 UTC