A woman who is suspected of throwing a milkshake at Nigel Farage has been charged after the incident in Clacton, Essex.
Victoria Thomas-Bowen, 25, was charged with assault by beating and criminal damage after a milkshake was hurled at the Reform UK leader yesterday.
The incident came only hours before Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer clashed angrily in the first General Election TV debate.
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As a live studio audience – and about 4.8 million viewers – watched on, the two rivals spoke over one another despite pleas for peace from Julie Etchingham.
Sunak aimed at Labour’s spending plans, saying they would require a £2,000 tax rise on working people – something Starmer described as ‘absolute garbage’.
The Tory leader, meanwhile, was assailed on NHS waiting times, his national service plan and his party’s 14-year governing record.
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