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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 on 12 June. | |
| Mr Harper, who is the Minister for Immigration, is recovering, 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. |
| His spokesman said Mr Harper would be taking part in a charity run for Cancer Research UK in Lydney at the weekend as planned, despite his foot being in an orthopaedic boot. | |
| Mr Harper is currently in Algiers as part of his work as Minister for Immigration, the spokesman confirmed. |