The woman who threw a banana milkshake at Nigel Farage is an OnlyFans model who supports the Labor Party, The Sun can reveal.
Victoria Thomas-Bowen, 25, threw the drink at the Reform leader as he launched his election campaign in front of large crowds in Clacton-on-Sea today.
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Farage had just left Moon and Starfish Wetherspoons – where he began his battle for Parliament – when he was targeted.
Video recorded of the incident showed blonde Thomas-Bowen waiting for the former UKIP leader to pass by before throwing her McDonald’s milkshake.
Thomas-Bowen, who runs an OnlyFans account and posts raunchy photos on Instagram, had previously shared a photo on Facebook with the caption: “Vote Labor for the many, not the few.”
Thomas-Bowen told the BBC he threw away the banana milkshake because he “felt like it”.
As she fled the scene, the woman who allegedly threw the drink told The Sun she did so because Farage is “an idiot”.
She added, “He just is. I don’t know why. Maybe his parents raised him that way.”
When asked which of Farage’s policies she disagreed with, she said: “I don’t want to say anything else.”
The incident did not appear to dampen Farage’s spirits, as he was filmed holding a McDonald’s milkshake shortly afterwards, adding: “My milkshake brings all the people to the rally.”
He described the incident as “quite scary” and said: “Nobody goes out and does old-fashioned street campaigning like I do, and that’s a risk that comes with it.”
The Brexit campaigner only announced his surprise election bid on Monday and arrived to chants of “Nigel, Nigel, Nigel” from hundreds of fans in Clacton a day later.
He told them: “I will stand up and fight for you, I will do my best and I will do what I have done for the last quarter century in politics.
“I will not be afraid, despite what everyone says, despite the names they call me, they are so stupid that they only encourage me, in fact, to send me to Parliament to be a bloody nuisance.”
Declaring war on the Conservatives, Farage accused them of “betraying” voters’ trust, adding: “They have opened the borders to mass immigration like we have never seen before and they deserve to pay a price for that. what.”
He also promised the crowd: “One thing I know: a woman cannot have a penis.
“You’re not going to wake up to any of my nonsense, PC, because I’ve always told it like it is and stood up for what I believe in.”
Essex Police said they had made two arrests after responding to reports of a drink being thrown at a man in Clacton.
They said in a statement: “We were called to the area of Marine Parade East, Clacton, at around 2.10pm today (Tuesday 4 June).
“It was reported that a man had a drink thrown at him as he left a location in the area.”
They said a 25-year-old woman from Clacton was arrested on suspicion of assault.
While officers responded and made the arrest, a man was arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker.
The two individuals were taken to a police station for questioning.
It is the second time that the Brexit champion has been swallowed – after being covered from head to toe in Newcastle in 2019.
ANALYSIS: Like him or hate him, you simply can’t ignore Nigel Farage
By JACK ELSOM, Chief Political Correspondent
LIKE him or hate him – you simply can’t ignore Nigel Farage.
For a man who has never won a parliamentary election in the UK, his impact on British politics over the last decade cannot be underestimated.
He arguably has the greatest personal claim to the historic Brexit vote in 2016, having led David Cameron to call the referendum to neutralize the UKIP threat.
And his decision to withdraw Brexit Party troops from Conservative seats at the last election helped propel Boris Johnson to victory.
Although regularly portrayed by his enemies as a fringe crank – or worse – what Farage says and does has serious ramifications.
And so the prospect of him diving headfirst into the general election campaign as a reformist leader will leave Rishi Sunak in a cold sweat.
He is possibly one of the best orators of our political era and can effectively puncture conservatives on immigration and taxes.
However, Farage’s challenge will be to do what outgoing boss Richard Tice strove to achieve – transform the party into a credible electoral force.
This is easier said than done in our brutal first post-election system, as Farage previously discovered in his seven failed attempts at office.
UKIP’s performance in the 2015 election? Three million votes – but only one seat.
Can this distant ex-Tory finally deliver some seats on election night – or will it only serve to eat up the Conservative vote?
The Farage factor already seemed to be showing results, with Betfair now putting him in with a chance of winning at Clacton.
And Reform members are hopeful that hitherto hesitant donations will now arrive in droves.
Is he in the business of making deals with conservatives? Absolutely not. Why? Because he thinks they’re done.
Speaking to the Sun after taking the lead and declaring himself readers’ best bet on July 4th.
With a glass of wine in hand and his trademark Cheshire cat smile, he said: “There is no Conservative Party. There is no such thing – they have already lost.”
He doesn’t care if his old group goes to hell in a wheelbarrow – as long as he’s at the center of things.
Following the incident on Tuesday afternoon, former Reform leader Richard Tice called the woman who threw the shake a “juvenile idiot”, adding: “We will not be intimidated or threatened outside the campaign.”
Even his political opponents condemned the attack, with James Cleverly calling it “unacceptable.”
The Home Secretary said: “There is no excuse for resorting to behavior like this. We may disagree, but we debate and then we vote.”
Clacton Conservative MP Giles Watling echoed Cleverly’s comments, writing on Facebook: “I’m sorry to hear that Nigel Farage had drinks thrown at him today in Clacton-on-Sea – we may disagree but every candidate has the right to campaign without fear of violence or intimidation!”
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