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A man has been charged with using threatening behaviour towards Nigel Farage after objects were thrown at him on the General Election campaign trail.
The Reform UK leader was on top of a party battle bus in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, on Tuesday morning when a cup was thrown, narrowly missing him.
A man in a red hoodie could be seen shouting from a construction area below, before reaching into a bucket and throwing something else, which also missed.
On Wednesday, South Yorkshire Police said Josh Greally, 28, was charged with using threatening, abusive, insulting words and behaviour with intent to cause fear or provoke unlawful violence.
He has been released on bail to appear before Barnsley Magistrates' Court on June 26.
Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage reacts after items are thrown at him on a campaign bus
Police arrested a man at the scene and have now charged Josh Greally with using threatening, abusive, insulting words and behaviour with intent to cause fear or provoke unlawful violence
Nigel Farage is pictured here talking to reporters in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, yesterday
Mr Farage, speaking while campaigning in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, said the incident was 'pretty nasty'.
Politicians from other parties joined Mr Farage in condemning 'violence' towards general election candidates.
Home Secretary James Cleverly said: 'There must be no place for violence and intimidation in our politics and these actions should be condemned by everyone.'
Stephanie Peacock, Labour's parliamentary candidate for Barnsley South, said: 'Intimidation has no place in our politics.
'I condemn the violence we saw in Barnsley town centre today.'
It comes after Victoria Thomas Bowen, 25, was charged with assault by beating and criminal damage when a milkshake was thrown over Mr Farage as he left the Moon and Starfish Wetherspoons pub in Clacton-on-Sea in Essex on Tuesday last week.
A man has been charged after Nigel Farage's election campaign appearance in Barnsley
Politicians from other parties have joined Mr Farage in condemning 'violence' towards general election candidates
Supporters are seen demonstrating as Reform UK leader Nigel Farage spoke in Barnsley
Victoria Thomas Bowen (pictured), 25, has been charged with assault by beating and criminal damage when a milkshake was thrown over Mr Farage earlier this month
The politician standing for election in Clacton in Essex was hit with the drink on June 4
Mr Farage was attacked earlier this month after emerging from a Wetherspoons pub
He later that day joked about the incident, brandishing freshly-poured McDonald's milkshakes
Mr Farage was seen with the yellow drink splattered across his dark blue suit as he boarded his campaign bus.
Thomas Bowen is due to appear before Colchester Magistrates' Court on July 2.
During a campaign walkabout in Newcastle in 2019, Mr Farage had a £5.25 Five Guys banana and salted caramel milkshake thrown at him.
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