British MP stabbed

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British MP stabbed in office hours
Associated Press / May 15, 2010


LONDON — A British lawmaker was stabbed yesterday by a woman he did not know during an advice session with constituents, Labor Party officials said.


Stephen Timms, the member of Parliament for East Ham and former financial secretary to the Treasury, was being treated at Royal London Hospital after the attack for injuries not believed to be life-threatening, a statement from the Labor Party said.

“He has received visitors and is in good spirits,’’ the statement said.

Unmesh Desai, who acted as Timms’s aide during Britain’s recent general election, said the lawmaker, 54, would be kept in the hospital overnight for observation and treatment.

A spokesman for London’s Metropolitan Police said a 21-year-old woman was arrested in connection with the attack.

Timms has represented the area since 1994. He was reelected last week with the largest majority in Britain’s House of Commons, Desai said.

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[TheWraith]

1. Yeah, their near police state has made them so incredibly safe over there.

Clearly giving up their privacy, and their right to self defense, and their firearms, and their kitchen knives, and their glass mugs and bottles, was all worth it.