The new Reform UK leader previously had a milkshake thrown at him in Newcastle in 2019, in what a judge described as a “politically motivated attack”.
Nigel Farage has had a milkshake thrown over him after launching his election campaign in Essex.
The new leader of Reform UK was leaving the Wetherspoons Moon and Starfish pub in Clacton-on-Sea, where he is standing to be an MP, when a young woman in a grey hooded jumper threw a drink in his face before throwing the cup at him then walking off.
It appeared to be a McDonald’s milkshake.
He was seen wincing as the liquid hit his face, then wiping it away as he was ushered out of the way by his team.
Essex Police said they had arrested a 25-year-old woman from Clacton after responding to a report of a drink being thrown at a man in Marine Parade East at around 2.10pm.
As officers were arresting the woman, a second person, a man, was arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker.
“Both individuals remain in custody for questioning,” a police spokesman said.
Nearly two hours after the incident, Mr Farage appeared in front of the Reform UK bus with a McDonald’s banana milkshake and said: “My milkshake brings all the people to the rally.”
Later, he told ITV News that the incident was “quite frightening” and claimed he was targeted “because I go out and meet the public”.
He added: “What does Rishi do? He gets a room with two-dozen councillors or whatever it is.
“Nobody goes out and does the old-style street campaigning the way that I do. And this is the risk that goes with it, and I’ll be honest, it is quite scary.”
Just a few hours before the milkshake was thrown at him, Mr Farage had launched his election campaign surrounded by hundreds of supporters after announcing he would be standing as a Reform UK candidate on Monday.
Last week, he said he had ruled out standing as an MP. He has unsuccessfully attempted to become an MP seven times previously.
Mr Farage told supporters at his launch that the Conservatives had breached the British people’s trust, claiming they had “opened up the borders to mass immigration like we’ve never seen before”.
