by . daily mail reporter . published : . 01:32 est , 29 october 2012 . | . updated : . 06:33 est , 29 october 2012 . thousands of britons risk suffering a full-blown stroke because they fail to recognise the small , early warning of a ` mini attack ' . two thirds of people do not recognise the symptoms of a small stroke and three quarters would not go to the emergency room if they did experience them , a charity survey found . kellie maloney , pictured at ukip 's spring conference in february , now says that a vote for the party is ` wasted ' kellie maloney has said that a vote for ukip is a wasted vote . the celebrity former boxing promoter , formerly known as frank , is one of the party 's most famous former candidates . but she warned ukip supporters should vote tory to keep ed miliband and nicola sturgeon out of power . she told sky news : ` if we want to stop labour and the snp i think you 've got to vote tory . a vote for ukip would be quite wasted i believe . ' i know ukip are not going to like hearing that , but if they 're honest they would say the same things as well because they 're not going to get enough seats to wield any power . ' i think they 'll get four or five seats , maybe . ' she praised ukip leader nigel farage , adding : ` you ca n't knock him . ' but she warned how other candidates have given the party a bad image . she said : ` there is free speech -lrb- in the party -rrb- but some of the stuff that comes out from some of the ukip people . one in ten people who suffer the symptoms of a transient ischemic attack -lrb- tia -rrb- go on to have a stroke within a week if they remain untreated , the stroke association said . warning signs that apply to tia and stroke . a tia , is a sign that part of the brain is n't getting enough blood . each year more than 46,000 people have their first tia . ' i mean no normal person in the street could accept that and i think that is their downfall . ` they could offer some great things to the british public had they sat down and done it right and they weeded out the bad and brought in more people through the ranks . ' the former boxing promoter , who stood as the party 's candidate for london mayor in 2004 , has just undergone a full gender re-assignment . speaking about transgender people , she said : ` we are probably where the gay community was 25 years ago and we can learn a lot from them . ` but it would be nice to hear political parties speak up on civil rights and gender issues . ' mr farage last night dismissed the criticism . he told sky news : ` there is a fear about labour and the snp and that 's why i 'm talking to you from hartlepool because whats happened over the last couple of weeks is there is a strengthening in the ukip polls and its all coming from labour . ` so the way to stop labour/snp coalition is for labour voters to switch and vote for ukip . ' when miss maloney was standing to london mayor , she caused controversy by claiming there were ` too many gays ' in camden . she apologised for the homophobic remarks when she addressed ukip 's spring conference in february this year . the criticism is a blow for ukip leader nigel farage who had hoped that miss maloney 's backing would help to change the image of the party . mr farage will today campaign in hartlepool , where he thinks the party has its best chance of winning in the north east at the election . the seat has been put on ukip 's list of top ten targets . other seats outside of the south of england on the list are great grimsby , boston & skegness , dudley north and heywood & middleton . mr farage last night said he believed ukip could ` smash up ' labour 's ` one-party state ' in the north . in an article for mailonline he said mr miliband 's party ` simply do not understand ' the impact mass immigration has had on people 's lives . he accused shadow business secretary chuka umunna of calling ukip racist because labour is ` running scared ' of ukip . ukip 's strategists believe the party could come second in at least 100 seats in the north . in 2010 the party failed to achieve even a single second place . the hartlepool constituency has been held by labour since it was formed in 1974 . in 2010 , ukip took just seven per cent of the vote and labour 's iain wright retained the seat with a 5,509 majority . he replaced peter mandelson as the mp in a by-election in 2004 after the labour grandee stood down to become a european commissioner . mr farage 's hopes for electoral victory in hartlepool come after the town elected a man dressed as a monkey as its mayor in 2002 . stuart drummond stood as ` h'angus the monkey ' , hartlepool united fc 's mascot , as a publicity stunt with the slogan , ` free bananas for schoolchildren ' . he was re-elected in 2005 and 2009 before voters in the town backed a referendum to scrap the paid post in 2012 . hartlepool 's residents are famously said to have hanged a monkey during the napoleonic wars because they thought it was a french spy . yet , of 2,000 people surveyed by icm . research , 66 per cent had never heard of the condition motivating the . charity to raise awareness of the symptoms to look out for . they include pins and needles down one side , facial weakness , speech problems that often last only a short time . lead researcher of the project , peter . rothwell , the professor of clinical neurology at oxford said : ' a tia is . an emergency and a significant proportion of people will go on to have a . major stroke if they do n't seek urgent medical attention . two thirds of people miss the signs of a mini stroke which can lead to a full-blown stroke unless treated . symptoms include facial weakness . ` however , this poll suggests that the signs of a tia are still being ignored . ` this needs to change . ' chief executive of the stroke association , john barrick said : ` over 150,000 people have a stroke every year in the uk but up to 10,000 of these could be prevented if more people were aware of the symptoms of tia and sought out emergency treatment . ` not only would this save thousands from a lifetime of disability , it would also save the health service a considerable sum . ` anyone who experiences the symptoms , regardless of whether they disappear within a matter of minutes , should go to hospital immediately . assume it 's a stroke until it 's proven not to be by a medical professional . ' the stroke association advises people to use ` fast ' to look out for key signs of a tia or stroke . they are : facial weakness , arm weakness , speech problems . they advise calling 999 if they spot a single one of these symptoms . most people affected by stroke are over 65 , but they can happen to anyone , including children and even babies . treatments for tia include lifestyle changes , along with blood thinning drugs and high cholesterol medication . for more information about stroke and support for sufferers , call the stroke association helpline on 0303 3033 100 .
star formerly known as frank is one of the party 's most famous backers . said ukip supporters should vote tory to keep miliband and sturgeon out . warned ukip has not done enough to ` weed out the bad ' party members .
by . daily mail reporter . published : . 01:32 est , 29 october 2012 . | . updated : . 06:33 est , 29 october 2012 . thousands of britons risk suffering a full-blown stroke because they fail to recognise the small , early warning of a ` mini attack ' . two thirds of people do not recognise the symptoms of a small stroke and three quarters would not go to the emergency room if they did experience them , a charity survey found . kellie maloney , pictured at ukip 's spring conference in february , now says that a vote for the party is ` wasted ' kellie maloney has said that a vote for ukip is a wasted vote . the celebrity former boxing promoter , formerly known as frank , is one of the party 's most famous former candidates . but she warned ukip supporters should vote tory to keep ed miliband and nicola sturgeon out of power . she told sky news : ` if we want to stop labour and the snp i think you 've got to vote tory . a vote for ukip would be quite wasted i believe . ' i know ukip are not going to like hearing that , but if they 're honest they would say the same things as well because they 're not going to get enough seats to wield any power . ' i think they 'll get four or five seats , maybe . ' she praised ukip leader nigel farage , adding : ` you ca n't knock him . ' but she warned how other candidates have given the party a bad image . she said : ` there is free speech -lrb- in the party -rrb- but some of the stuff that comes out from some of the ukip people . one in ten people who suffer the symptoms of a transient ischemic attack -lrb- tia -rrb- go on to have a stroke within a week if they remain untreated , the stroke association said . warning signs that apply to tia and stroke . a tia , is a sign that part of the brain is n't getting enough blood . each year more than 46,000 people have their first tia . ' i mean no normal person in the street could accept that and i think that is their downfall . ` they could offer some great things to the british public had they sat down and done it right and they weeded out the bad and brought in more people through the ranks . ' the former boxing promoter , who stood as the party 's candidate for london mayor in 2004 , has just undergone a full gender re-assignment . speaking about transgender people , she said : ` we are probably where the gay community was 25 years ago and we can learn a lot from them . ` but it would be nice to hear political parties speak up on civil rights and gender issues . ' mr farage last night dismissed the criticism . he told sky news : ` there is a fear about labour and the snp and that 's why i 'm talking to you from hartlepool because whats happened over the last couple of weeks is there is a strengthening in the ukip polls and its all coming from labour . ` so the way to stop labour/snp coalition is for labour voters to switch and vote for ukip . ' when miss maloney was standing to london mayor , she caused controversy by claiming there were ` too many gays ' in camden . she apologised for the homophobic remarks when she addressed ukip 's spring conference in february this year . the criticism is a blow for ukip leader nigel farage who had hoped that miss maloney 's backing would help to change the image of the party . mr farage will today campaign in hartlepool , where he thinks the party has its best chance of winning in the north east at the election . the seat has been put on ukip 's list of top ten targets . other seats outside of the south of england on the list are great grimsby , boston & skegness , dudley north and heywood & middleton . mr farage last night said he believed ukip could ` smash up ' labour 's ` one-party state ' in the north . in an article for mailonline he said mr miliband 's party ` simply do not understand ' the impact mass immigration has had on people 's lives . he accused shadow business secretary chuka umunna of calling ukip racist because labour is ` running scared ' of ukip . ukip 's strategists believe the party could come second in at least 100 seats in the north . in 2010 the party failed to achieve even a single second place . the hartlepool constituency has been held by labour since it was formed in 1974 . in 2010 , ukip took just seven per cent of the vote and labour 's iain wright retained the seat with a 5,509 majority . he replaced peter mandelson as the mp in a by-election in 2004 after the labour grandee stood down to become a european commissioner . mr farage 's hopes for electoral victory in hartlepool come after the town elected a man dressed as a monkey as its mayor in 2002 . stuart drummond stood as ` h'angus the monkey ' , hartlepool united fc 's mascot , as a publicity stunt with the slogan , ` free bananas for schoolchildren ' . he was re-elected in 2005 and 2009 before voters in the town backed a referendum to scrap the paid post in 2012 . hartlepool 's residents are famously said to have hanged a monkey during the napoleonic wars because they thought it was a french spy . yet , of 2,000 people surveyed by icm . research , 66 per cent had never heard of the condition motivating the
by . daily mail reporter . published : . 01:32 est , 29 october 2012 . | . updated : . 06:33 est , 29 october 2012 . thousands of britons risk suffering a full-blown stroke because they fail to recognise the small , early warning of a ` mini attack ' . two thirds of people do not recognise the symptoms of a small stroke and three quarters would not go to the emergency room if they did experience them , a charity survey found . kellie maloney , pictured at ukip 's spring conference in february , now says that a vote for the party is ` wasted ' kellie maloney has said that a vote for ukip is a wasted vote . the celebrity former ukip leader nigel farage , adding : ` you ca n't knock him . ' but she warned how other candidates have given the party a bad image . she said : ` there is free speech -lrb- in the party -rrb- but some of the stuff that comes out from some of the ukip people . one in ten people who suffer the symptoms of a transient ischemic attack -lrb- tia -rrb- go on to have a stroke within a week if they remain untreated , the stroke association said . warning signs that apply to tia and stroke . a tia , is a sign that part of the brain is n't getting enough blood . each year more than 46,000 people have their first tia issues . ' mr farage last night dismissed the criticism . he told sky news : ` there is a fear about labour and the snp and that 's why i 'm talking to you from hartlepool because whats happened over the last couple of weeks is there is a strengthening in the ukip polls and its all coming from labour . ` so the way to stop labour/snp coalition is for labour voters to switch and vote for ukip . ' when miss maloney was standing to london mayor , she caused controversy by claiming there were ` too many gays ' in camden . she apologised for the homophobic remarks when she addressed ukip 's spring conference in february this year . the criticism is a blow for ukip leader nigel farage who had hoped that miss maloney 's backing would help to change the image of the party . mr farage will today campaign in hartlepool , where he thinks the party has its best chance of winning in the north east at the election . the seat has been put on ukip 's list of top ten targets . other seats outside of the south of england on the list are great grimsby , boston & skegness , dudley north and heywood & middleton . mr farage last night said he believed ukip could ` smash up ' labour 's ` one-party state ' in the north . in an article for mailonline he said mr miliband 's party ` simply do commissioner . mr farage 's hopes for electoral victory in hartlepool come after the town elected a man dressed as a monkey as its mayor in 2002 . stuart drummond stood as ` h'angus the monkey ' , hartlepool united fc 's mascot , as a publicity stunt with the slogan , ` free bananas for schoolchildren ' . he was re-elected in 2005 and 2009 before voters in the town backed a referendum to scrap the paid post in 2012 . hartlepool 's residents are famously said to have hanged a monkey during the napoleonic wars because they thought it was a french spy . yet , of 2,000 people surveyed by icm . research , 66 per cent had never heard of the condition motivating the . charity to raise awareness of the symptoms to look out for . they include pins and needles down one side , facial weakness , speech problems that often last only a short time . lead researcher of the project , peter . rothwell , the professor of clinical neurology at oxford said : ' a tia is . an emergency and a significant proportion of people will go on to have a . major stroke if they do n't seek urgent medical attention . two thirds of people miss the signs of a mini stroke which can lead to a full-blown stroke unless treated . symptoms include facial weakness . ` however , this poll suggests that the signs of a tia are still being ignored . ` this needs to change . ' chief executive of the stroke association , john barrick said : ` over 150,000 people have a stroke every year in the uk but up to 10,000 of these could be prevented if more people were aware of the symptoms of tia and sought out emergency treatment . ` not only would this save thousands from a lifetime of disability , it would also save the health service a considerable sum . ` anyone who experiences the symptoms , regardless of whether they disappear within a matter of minutes , should go to hospital immediately . assume it 's a stroke until it 's proven not to be by a medical professional . ' the stroke association advises people to use ` fast ' to look out for key signs of a tia or stroke . they are : facial weakness , arm weakness , speech problems . they advise calling 999 if they spot a single one of these symptoms . most people affected by stroke are over 65 , but they can happen to anyone , including children and even babies . treatments for tia include lifestyle changes , along with blood thinning drugs and high cholesterol medication . for more information about stroke and support for sufferers , call the stroke association helpline on 0303 3033 100 .
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by . daily mail reporter . published : . 01:32 est , 29 october 2012 . | . updated : . 06:33 est , 29 october 2012 . thousands of britons risk suffering a full-blown stroke because they fail to recognise the small , early warning of a ` mini attack ' . two thirds of people do not recognise the symptoms of a small stroke and three quarters would not go to the emergency room if they did experience them , a charity survey found . kellie maloney , pictured at ukip 's spring conference in february , now says that a vote for the party is ` wasted ' kellie maloney has said that a vote for ukip is a wasted vote . the celebrity former boxing promoter , formerly known as frank , is one of the party 's most famous former candidates . but she warned ukip supporters should vote tory to keep ed miliband and nicola sturgeon out of power . she told sky news : ` if we want to stop labour and the snp i think you 've got to vote tory . a vote for ukip would be quite wasted i believe . ' i know ukip are not going to like hearing that , but if they 're honest they would say the same things as well because they 're not going to get enough seats to wield any power . ' i think they 'll get four or five seats , maybe . ' she praised ukip leader nigel farage , adding : ` you ca n't knock him . ' but she warned how other candidates have given the party a bad image . she said : ` there is free speech -lrb- in the party -rrb- but some of the stuff that comes out from some of the ukip people . one in ten people who suffer the symptoms of a transient ischemic attack -lrb- tia -rrb- go on to have a stroke within a week if they remain untreated , the stroke association said . warning signs that apply to tia and stroke . a tia , is a sign that part of the brain is n't getting enough blood . each year more than 46,000 people have their first tia . ' i mean no normal person in the street could accept that and i think that is their downfall . ` they could offer some great things to the british public had they sat down and done it right and they weeded out the bad and brought in more people through the ranks . ' the former boxing promoter , who stood as the party 's candidate for london mayor in 2004 , has just undergone a full gender re-assignment . speaking about transgender people , she said : ` we are probably where the gay community was 25 years ago and we can learn a lot from them . ` but it would be nice to hear political parties speak up on civil rights and gender issues . ' mr farage last night dismissed the criticism . he told sky news : ` there is a fear about labour and the snp and that 's why i 'm talking to you from hartlepool because whats happened over the last couple of weeks is there is a strengthening in the ukip polls and its all coming from labour . ` so the way to stop labour/snp coalition is for labour voters to switch and vote for ukip . ' when miss maloney was standing to london mayor , she caused controversy by claiming there were ` too many gays ' in camden . she apologised for the homophobic remarks when she addressed ukip 's spring conference in february this year . the criticism is a blow for ukip leader nigel farage who had hoped that miss maloney 's backing would help to change the image of the party . mr farage will today campaign in hartlepool , where he thinks the party has its best chance of winning in the north east at the election . the seat has been put on ukip 's list of top ten targets . other seats outside of the south of england on the list are great grimsby , boston & skegness , dudley north and heywood & middleton . mr farage last night said he believed ukip could ` smash up ' labour 's ` one-party state ' in the north . in an article for mailonline he said mr miliband 's party ` simply do
 Thousands of Britons are at risk of suffering from full-blown strokes because they fail to recognize early warning signs, according to a charity survey. Two-thirds of people do not know the symptoms of a mini-stroke, which can lead to a major stroke if left untreated. The survey also found that one in ten people would not go to the emergency room even if they experienced symptoms. A celebrity, Kellie Maloney, has spoken out about her experience with UKIP and warned supporters to vote Tory to keep Labour out of power. She praised Nigel Farage, saying "you can't knock him".