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Table-dancing MP Mark Harper breaks foot in Soho fall | Table-dancing MP Mark Harper breaks foot in Soho fall |
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Conservative MP Mark Harper has fallen off a table while dancing in a bar in Soho and broken his foot. | Conservative MP Mark Harper has fallen off a table while dancing in a bar in Soho and broken his foot. |
A spokesman for Mr Harper's office confirmed the 43-year-old MP for the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire had suffered the injury. | A spokesman for Mr Harper's office confirmed the 43-year-old MP for the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire had suffered the injury. |
Mr Harper, who is the Minister for Immigration, is recovering and his foot is in a cast, the spokesman added. | |
"My wife Margaret was with me but thankfully she's a far better dancer so didn't fall off," Mr Harper said. | "My wife Margaret was with me but thankfully she's a far better dancer so didn't fall off," Mr Harper said. |