The Ben Stokes fight video....

[Burney]

Rumour is he was sticking up for 2 gay chaps who were being threatened by a couple of thugs, one armed with a bottle.

Mind you, the source is Piers Morgan

Hmmm. That is exactly the sort of story I'd circulate if my client had been caught punching someone on CCTV

[Rich]

Hmmm. That is exactly the sort of story I'd circulate if my client had been caught punching someone on CCTV

For a 'thug' the chap being swung at seems remarkably tame.

[Luis Anaconda]

Hmmm. That is exactly the sort of story I'd circulate if my client had been caught punching someone on CCTV

He does come from Cockermouth

[Burney]

He does come from Cockermouth

Yes. A simple mishearing could explain why he was in an alley outside a club with a couple of gay chaps.