So, the political party conference season is over. And wasn't it unexciting? If the conciliatory noises coming from David Cameron at the end of the Tory conference left you hungry for more conflict in our politics, allow me to show you a few countries whose democracies pack a lot more punch.

Let's start in India, at tinyurl.com/4ma2b8, where a debate on civil rights swiftly descends into a most uncivil brawl among rival politicians. Highly enjoyable, though difficult to pick a clear winner, what with all the flying mike stands and all. Not so in Japan, home to what is essentially a single-party democracy, and some of the finest hand-to-hand combat yet witnessed in any of the world's major political chambers. At tinyurl.com/4snk77 is one of the best judo throws you will ever see from a man in a pin-striped suit.

As an exporter of goods, Taiwan has long languished in the Japanese shadow. But in the field of political punch-ups it leads the way. These are so common that the best of them has been collated for your viewing pleasure, at tinyurl.com/4t56lo. By contrast, the scrapping South Korean politicos at tinyurl.com/47evwy are mere upstarts. Must try harder, chaps.

So, the Far East currently holds the crown in bare-knuckle debating, but their rivals are hard in training. In Jordan, the politicians may not wield much real power, but they swing a mean fist, at tinyurl.com/4njfhb, while inhabitants of the Czech Republic can take pride as a private feud between two officials turns public and very punchy at tinyurl.com/4k9ynw.

Curious to report, the United States has relatively few incidents of real violence among its elected representatives. Even this one in the Alabama senate, at tinyurl.com/4caeqn is so short that one suspects a lack of fitness or a surfeit of burgers may be to blame. And what are we left with in Britain? John Prescott. Yes, it's that clip again of the big fella's left hook, set amusingly to the soundtrack from Fight Club, at tinyurl.com/4h4gxf. Still hugely enjoyable, of course, but somewhat lacking in finesse.

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