Farage attacked again on campaign trail

Nigel Farage is continuing his cross-country campaign as he makes the case for voters to back Reform UK on 4 July. But while the arch-Brexiteer’s new party is polling well — coming just two points below the Tories in last week’s YouGov survey — Farage isn’t getting a friendly response everywhere. A week after the milkshake incident at Clacton-on-sea, poor Nige has had to face off a rather more serious attack.

The ex-Ukip leader took his battle bus to South Yorkshire today, where he waved to cheering locals from the open-topped double-decker. But it wasn’t long before the pleasant atmosphere was ruined by a hooded man hurling objects from a nearby building site. The thug appeared to raid a builder’s bin before throwing two items at the bus, both of which narrowly missed Farage — before turning on his heels and running away.

Police were quick to catch the offender, while the Reform leader took to Twitter to thank officers for their help, tweeting: ‘I will not be bullied or cowed by a violent left-wing mob who hate our country.’