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| Ukip leadership favourite Steven Woolfe is in a "serious" condition in hospital after a fight at a meeting of the party's MEPs, Nigel Farage has said. | Ukip leadership favourite Steven Woolfe is in a "serious" condition in hospital after a fight at a meeting of the party's MEPs, Nigel Farage has said. |
| A statement from Ukip's interim leader said: "I deeply regret that following an altercation that took place at a meeting of Ukip MEPs this morning that Steven Woolfe subsequently collapsed and was taken to hospital. | A statement from Ukip's interim leader said: "I deeply regret that following an altercation that took place at a meeting of Ukip MEPs this morning that Steven Woolfe subsequently collapsed and was taken to hospital. |
| "His condition is serious." | "His condition is serious." |
| A party spokesman said Mr Woolfe was "taken suddenly ill" in the European Parliament building in Strasbourg on Thursday morning. | A party spokesman said Mr Woolfe was "taken suddenly ill" in the European Parliament building in Strasbourg on Thursday morning. |
| The spokesman added: "He has been taken to hospital in the city and he is undergoing tests." | The spokesman added: "He has been taken to hospital in the city and he is undergoing tests." |
| The incident comes the day after Mr Woolfe declared he was a candidate for the Ukip leadership following the shock resignation of Diane James. | The incident comes the day after Mr Woolfe declared he was a candidate for the Ukip leadership following the shock resignation of Diane James. |
| According to one source it took place at what was described as a "clear the air meeting" with MEPs who had been unhappy at his admission that he had considered defecting to the Conservatives. | According to one source it took place at what was described as a "clear the air meeting" with MEPs who had been unhappy at his admission that he had considered defecting to the Conservatives. |
| In his statement announcing his candidacy, Mr Woolfe said he had been "enthused" by Theresa May's start to her premiership. | In his statement announcing his candidacy, Mr Woolfe said he had been "enthused" by Theresa May's start to her premiership. |
| "Her support of new grammar schools, her words on social mobility and the growing evidence that she is committed to a clean Brexit prompted me, as it did many of my friends and colleagues, to wonder whether our future was within her new Conservative Party," he said. | "Her support of new grammar schools, her words on social mobility and the growing evidence that she is committed to a clean Brexit prompted me, as it did many of my friends and colleagues, to wonder whether our future was within her new Conservative Party," he said. |