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'Mass brawl' breaks out on P&O cruise ship Britannia due to clown fancy dress
Plates and furniture were reportedly used as weapons after a mass brawl broke out on a British cruise ship.
Six people were hurt as P&O's Britannia sailed to Southampton after a week-long trip to Norway's fjords, police said.
Good Morning Britain journalist Richard Gaisford, who was on board, said he had been told the incident was sparked by a passenger taking offence at another holidaymaker dressed as a clown.
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He said one witness "explained to staff that things kicked off when another passenger appeared dressed as a clown. This upset one of their party because they'd specifically booked a cruise with no fancy dress. It led to a violent confrontation."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49137520
Six people were hurt as P&O's Britannia sailed to Southampton after a week-long trip to Norway's fjords, police said.
Good Morning Britain journalist Richard Gaisford, who was on board, said he had been told the incident was sparked by a passenger taking offence at another holidaymaker dressed as a clown.
...
He said one witness "explained to staff that things kicked off when another passenger appeared dressed as a clown. This upset one of their party because they'd specifically booked a cruise with no fancy dress. It led to a violent confrontation."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49137520
It makes me proud to be British ... what better, on a cruise on a ship named for a patriotic symbol, than to get drunk at a black-tie event and start a brawl because a fellow passenger appeared in fancy dress? This truly is the Spirit of Brexit. Maybe they should rename the ship that.
The 2 arrested are from Essex. And yes, Essex has a good claim to be the Florida of England.
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