The lady who attacked Nigel Farage has been charged with assault.
Nigel Farage, who introduced his candidature for UK election earlier this week, was splashed with banana milkshake throughout a marketing campaign cease. The assault occurred exterior a pub in Clacton-on-Sea on Tuesday, and a girl has been arrested and charged with assault, the BBC reported. Victoria Thomas Bowen, 25, is because of seem at Colchester Magistrates’ Court docket on Tuesday, July 2, the outlet additional stated quoting Essex Police. A 44-year-old man arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency employee has been launched and can face no additional motion.
Mr Farage, the Reform UK chief, was splashed with the yellow liquid in a McDonald’s cup when he was about to board a marketing campaign bus.
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The 60-year-old had earlier addressed a bunch of individuals, after saying he would stand for election within the constituency.
He later joked concerning the incident saying in a put up on X “my milkshake brings all of the folks to the rally”. It was a reference to the 2003 track Milkshake by Kelis which has lyrics that embrace comparable phrases.
Richard Tice, Mr Farage’s predecessor as Reform UK chief, stated: “The juvenile moron who threw a drink over Nigel has simply gained us lots of of 1000’s extra votes.”
Residence Secretary James Cleverly condemned the assault.
“There isn’t a excuse to resort to behavior like this. We could disagree, however we debate, after which we vote,” he stated.
This isn’t the primary time that Mr Farage has confronted a milkshake assault. In 2019, he had a banana and salted caramel milkshake thrown at him whereas campaigning in Newcastle.