Nigel Farage is offered extra private security by the Home Office after Reform Party leader is pelted with objects including a milkshake in campaign attacks

Nigel Farage has received additional private security from the Home office after a milkshake and other objects are thrown at him during his campaign for general Election.

A cup and another object were thrown at the leader of Reform UK as he sat on top of a party battle bus in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, yesterday.

This followed an incident last week where a milkshake was thrown over the 60-year-old as he left the moon and starfish. Wet spoons pub in Clacton-on-Sea in Essex.

Two people have been charged over the incidents.

It is understood the Home Office has been in contact with Mr Farage to provide additional private security.

A cup and another object were thrown at the leader of Reform UK as he sat on top of a party battle bus in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, yesterday.

A protester wearing a red hoodie throws a coffee cup towards the leader of the Reform Party

JUNE 4: Farage has a milkshake thrown over him during an election rally in Clacton

Police chiefs say it is difficult to determine the intentions of people in the crowd when potential MPs are campaigning, but candidates may not want to find themselves in a bubble as they try to address the public.

The number of intelligence and crime reports police receive relating to MPs has fallen sharply in recent months, but forces insist candidates have confidence in officers to protect them.

In January and February, police received around 260 intelligence reports and 60 to 70 crime reports related to Operation Bridger, which targets the security of elected representatives.

But this dropped to dozens of intelligence reports and ‘small numbers’ of reported crimes in the past two months.

Following yesterday’s incident, Farage described the attack as ‘violent’ and ‘quite nasty’ as he thanked police who arrested a 28-year-old man at the scene.

Mr Farage wrote on X: ‘I will not be bullied or intimidated by a violent left-wing mob that hates our country. These people want to stop my election campaign. That’s never going to happen.’

Man is wrestled by workmen (left) then led away by police (right) after shocking incident in South Yorkshire yesterday

Farage was speaking to the crowd via a microphone from a campaign battle bus when a group of around 100 protesters – voicing their support for “immigrants and refugees” – tried to drown him out.

They held up Black Lives Matter placards with the message “Refugees Welcome” and chanted, “Say it loud, say it clear, refugees are welcome here.”

A man in a red top who appeared to throw objects at Farage was earlier among the group of protesters, witnesses said. He was caught on video picking two objects from a bin on a building site – believed to be a tin can and a coffee cup – and appeared to hurl them in Mr Farage’s direction.

He is then dragged out of the gated area by a group of construction workers before running down the street where the police catch up with him.

Paul Stott, 52, a builder who worked in a nearby shop, said: ‘The man in a red hoodie here grabbed a can and a coffee cup from the bin and threw them away.’

Mr Stott and his colleagues grabbed the man to throw him from their makeshift work area and prevent him from throwing anything else. “He then ran away but police quickly intervened and grabbed him,” Mr Stott said.

When asked what he thought of the man, he said, “He’s an idiot.” South Yorkshire Police said a 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of public order offences.

It was the second time Farage had been targeted during the election campaign. Last week a milkshake was thrown on him in Clacton, Essex, where he is fighting to become an MP. Victoria Thomas Bowen, 25, was charged with assault and battery.

After the latest incident, Mr Farage said: ‘What we have now is a gang that wants to shut down all debate, a gang that is prepared to use violence to achieve their goals and that – for a democratic country – is very, very worrying. ‘

When asked how he felt, Farage replied: ‘Me? I’m used to it. I’m at my best when I go out, meet people and talk to them, have a debate with them… And these violent young people are holding me back, it’s very frustrating.’ He said police had suggested it was “not a good idea” to leave the bus.

He added that “protest is part of the democratic process” but should not involve throwing objects: “I don’t mind if someone shouts something rude at me, I would probably shout it back.”

‘But when it comes to violence, that is a real threat.’