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Punch and Judy politics

Updated on 21 May 2006

By Channel 4 News

Two Czech politicians exchanged fisticuffs when things got personal.


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Opposition MP Miroslav Macek was about to moderate a discussion when he announced he had to deal with a personal matter.

The Health Minister David Rath took it like a man and looked as though he was about to leave.

But he thought better of it and returned to face his attacker. Mr Macek said afterwards that the minister had accused him of marrying for money and he'd dealt with the insult "as guys do".

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