{"id":70410,"date":"2024-06-11T13:01:09","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/11\/nigel-farage-man-arrested-after-objects-thrown-at-reform-leader-during-barnsley-bus-trip\/"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:01:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:01:09","slug":"nigel-farage-man-arrested-after-objects-thrown-at-reform-leader-during-barnsley-bus-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/11\/nigel-farage-man-arrested-after-objects-thrown-at-reform-leader-during-barnsley-bus-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigel Farage: Man arrested after objects thrown at Reform leader during Barnsley bus trip"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A man has been arrested after objects were thrown at Nigel Farage as he went through Barnsley town centre on an open-top bus.<\/p>\n

The Reform party<\/a><\/strong> leader was shaking his fist to acknowledge cheers from people below when something hit the side of the vehicle.<\/p>\n

Mr Farage raised his arm as he spotted the object flying in – but it missed him.<\/p>\n

Election latest – Tories launch election manifesto<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Video then showed a man throwing another object from a construction site bin, before being bundled away by people in high-viz vests.<\/p>\n

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He ran off but was detained by police.<\/p>\n

Mr Farage<\/a><\/strong> said he believed he was targeted by wet cement and a coffee cup.<\/p>\n

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More on General Election 2024<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

“My huge thanks to South Yorkshire Police today,” he wrote on X.<\/p>\n

“I will not be bullied or cowed by a violent left-wing mob who hate our country.”<\/p>\n

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Police said a 28-year-old had been arrested on suspicion of public order offences and believe the suspect threw objects from a “nearby construction area”.<\/p>\n

Read more: <\/strong>
All you need to know about Nigel Farage<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The incident comes after a woman threw a milkshake over Mr Farage<\/a><\/strong> last week in Clacton in Essex – the constituency he will contest in the election<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Mr Farage changed his mind about standing<\/a><\/strong> in the contest and became Reform’s leader.<\/p>\n

He’s aiming to become an MP on his eighth attempt.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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