Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform UK party, narrowly avoided a potentially dangerous situation on Tuesday when an unidentified man hurled a missile at him during a campaign event. The incident occurred while Farage was standing atop the party’s open-top campaign bus in Barnsley.

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According to eyewitnesses, the assailant began throwing objects at Farage, prompting the politician to quickly duck for cover. Farage later revealed that he believed the projectiles included a coffee cup and some cement debris from a nearby construction site. Fortunately, neither object struck him.

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