A MAN has been charged after objects were hurled at Nigel Farage while he was on the election campaign trail yesterday.
The Reform UK leader, 60, was pelted by a yob in Barnsley town centre on Tuesday while on an open-top battle bus for his party.
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.
The politician said cops had warned him against doing a walkabout in Barnsley yesterday morning - which is why he was on a bus.
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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."
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.
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Thomas-Bowen is due to appear at Colchester Magistrates’ Court on July 2.
It was the second time the Brexit champion has been swilled - having been covered head-to-toe in Newcastle in 2019.
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