Member of U.K. parliament stabbed, page

A member of parliament in the United Kingdom, Stephen Timms of the Labour Party, has been stabbed, the party press office said Friday.

Timms was taken to a London hospital where his condition was described as "not life threatening," the press office said.

Police said a 21-year-old woman was taken into custody. Timms has represented West Ham since 1994.

news.blogs.cnn.com...

reply to post by InvisibleAlbatross

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Let me start by saying I find it hard to understand why anyone would stab anyone but nonetheless here are some facts about Timms.

"Timms was the Financial Secretary to the Treasury between 1999 and 2001, 2004 and 2005 and again between 2008 and 2010. Timms has the largest majority out of all the Members of Parliament."

"He was highly regarded by finance professionals (despite slip-ups)”

"He describes himself as a "Christian Socialist"."

This has all been taken straight from wikipedia and it took me all of 3 minutes, in future I would suggest you commit as little effort as I before speculating on the mundane.

Timms was and still is heavily involved in the UK's finance, allot of people in the UK are not doing so well at the moment financially speaking and are fairly upset about it. Therefore it doesn't take a member of the Giga Society to work out some of the potential motives involved.

Remain Vigilant.

reply to post by bonsaisert

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Well thanks for the information and the personal insult.

I don't find a politician being attacked mundane, thus my post.

reply to post by Tie No Bows!

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Thank you. That is what I was asking, though I did make a lousy OP.

[edit on 14-5-2010 by InvisibleAlbatross]

reply to post by jokei

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You're right, I jumped the gun

reply to post by InvisibleAlbatross

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Although, it could be something completely salacious...

Was he admitted to hospital with an orange in his mouth?

reply to post by jokei

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I nearly choked on my breakfast

news.sky.com... os=UK_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15632162_Stephen_Timms%2C_Labour_MP%2C_Stabbed_During_Constituency_Surgery_In_Beckton%2C_East_London__

"Police believe there were a number of people who wanted to discuss constituency matters," Brunt said. "According to the source she was talking to the MP, she had clearly been let in to see him. "She then leant over and stabbed him in the stomach. According to the source, Mr Timms was stabbed twice in the abdomen." Brunt added: "It appears it was the first political surgery since the election. Officers believe there were a number of witnesses to what happened."

it said that the woman leaned over and stabbed him twice in the stomach

[edit on 14-5-2010 by jumpingbeanz]

It is believed the former Treasury minister was stabbed twice in the stomach.
Police say a 21-year-old woman is in custody after the incident which happened at about 3.15pm today.
There is no known motive for the attack but there are believed to have been a number of witnesses.

LINKwww.dailymail.co.uk...
So there in no known motive as yet time will tell.

Keith

reply to post by seamus

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Personally I wouldn't advocate violence - even against an MP (maybe a Catholic priest though :lol.

Innocence is relative of course, in this case I meant innocence in a more mundane non-conspiratorial sense.

Not the first time this has happened The price you pay for open democracy?

Originally posted by bonsaisert

Let me start by saying I find it hard to understand why anyone would stab anyone

For the comedy??





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