Man, 28, is charged with using threatening behaviour towards Nigel Farage after objects thrown while Reform UK leader was campaigning on open-top bus
A man has been charged with threatening behavior towards… Nigel Farage after objects were thrown at the general Election campaign trail.
The leader of Reform UK was sitting on top of a party battle bus in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, on Tuesday morning when a cup was thrown, narrowly missing him.
A man in a red hoodie could be seen shouting from a construction site below, before reaching into a bucket and throwing something else, which also missed.
On Wednesday, South Yorkshire Police said Josh Greally, 28, was charged with using threatening, abusive, insulting words and behavior with intent to cause fear or unlawful violence.
He has been released on bail and will appear at Barnsley Magistrates’ Court on June 26.
Britain’s Reform Party leader Nigel Farage reacts after objects were thrown at him on a campaign bus
Nigel Farage is pictured here talking to reporters in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire yesterday
Mr Farage said while campaigning in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, that the incident was ‘pretty nasty’.
Politicians from other parties joined Mr Farage in condemning ‘violence’ against general election candidates.
Home Secretary James Cleverly said: ‘There should be no place for violence and intimidation in our politics and these actions must be condemned by all.’
Stephanie Peacock, Labor parliamentary candidate for Barnsley South, said: “Intimidation has no place in our politics.
“I condemn the violence we saw in Barnsley town center today.”
It comes after Victoria Thomas Bowen, 25, was charged with assault by beating and criminal damage when a milkshake was thrown over Mr Farage as he left the Moon and Starfish Wetherspoons pub in Clacton-on-Sea in Essex last Tuesday.
Mr Farage was seen splashing the yellow drink all over his dark blue suit as he boarded his campaign bus.
Thomas Bowen is due to appear at Colchester Magistrates’ Court on July 2.
During a campaign walk in Newcastle in 2019, Mr Farage had a £5.25 Five Guys banana and salted caramel milkshake thrown at him.
