Prime Minister David Cameron promised, during his 2005 campaign to become Tory leader, to bring an end to "Punch and Judy politics".

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He says very few fights end with a knockout punch, which is far more harmful than an unsightly laceration.

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Wheater headed wide at the other end when Duke failed to punch a Stewart Downing free-kick away before an escape for the home side at the other end.

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But the Ultimate Fighting Championship president may have second thoughts about mixing it up with members of the hacker collective Anonymous on Thursday night on Twitter, where he was on the receiving end of a brutal punch.

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Ott threw a punch at Timonen to end the first.

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Lewis Hamilton, somehow or other, had contrived to end the race as world champion, and it was time to punch the air and give a holler.

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They were up against it at the end of the half, though, when Iain Fullarton was sin-binned for a punch.

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