A MAN has been charged after objects were hurled at Nigel Farage on the election campaign trail yesterday.
The Reform UK leader, 60, was pelted by a man in Barnsley town centre on Tuesday while campaigning for his party on an open-top bus.
Cops yesterday said they had arrested a man over the alleged attack.
Josh Greally, 28, has this morning been charged with using threatening behaviour.
Footage showed Farage trying to duck for cover as objects appeared to be thrown at him.
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The politician said cops had warned him against doing a walkabout in Barnsley yesterday morning - which is why he was on a bus.
Farage told The Sun yesterday: "Yeah, it was pretty nasty at Barnsley.
"Thank God for the local police, who said to me, look, you know, we were on a big open-top double-decker bus.
"I was going to get off and walk through the main square in Barnsley.
"The police did tip us off very early, that will not be a good idea. Yeah, a sort of mob came along.
"By the way, protest is allowed. Protest is part of that democratic process that I was talking to you about earlier.
"But protest needs to be within certain bounds and certain reason."
He labelled it a "violent" and "deliberate" protest.
He continued: "You might agree with me or disagree with me, that's fine. I don't mind if someone shouted abuse in the street at me, I'll probably shout it back, that's fine.
"But when it comes to violence, that actually poses a real threat to the whole democratic process.
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"That was pretty nasty this morning. Had I got off that bus, I'd probably be in hospital. That's how nasty this is."
Footage from the top of the bus shows Farage rush down the steps out of sight after the attack.
Members of Reform UK cheered and clapped as the man was cuffed.
South Yorkshire Police yesterday said: "We have arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of public order offences following disorder in Barnsley town centre today.
"It is believed that the man threw objects from a nearby construction area.
"A suspect was quickly detained and remains in police custody."
It comes just one week after Farage was splattered in the face with a milkshake in an unrelated event.
Victoria Thomas-Bowen, 25, was arrested after allegedly chucking the banana drink at Farage in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, on June 4.
The OnlyFans model was later charged with assault by beating and criminal damage.
Thomas-Bowen is due to appear at Colchester Magistrates’ Court on July 2.
It was the second time the Brexit champion had been swilled - having been covered head-to-toe in Newcastle in 2019.
