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Odd. Why didn't he just have one delivered to him like a normal person?
I don't think we should kink shame.
it should happen to nigel every day until the election tbh
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A young woman approached the new Reform UK leader on the steps of a pub in Clacton before hurling what appeared to be a milkshake over him.
Richard Tice, Mr Farage’s predecessor as Reform UK leader, expressed his anger at the incident, adding: “The juvenile moron who threw a drink over Nigel has just gained us hundreds of thousands more votes.
A member of staff at the Wetherspoons where the incident occurred suggested the thrower could have been lying in wait for the politician to arrive for an hour.
The Moon & Starfish worker, who wished to remain anonymous, told The Independent three police officers had just come into the pub looking for the mystery woman who threw what is believed to be a banana flavoured milkshake.
Mr Farage had kicked off his general election campaign in the seaside town earlier on Tuesday, as he promised to be a “bloody nuisance” in Westminster.
Speaking earlier at the rally, Mr Farage said: “We made an offer to the British people, we could get back our independence and control of our borders.
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Eirian Jane Prosser
14 - 17 minutes
18:24, 04 Jun 2024, updated 20:49, 04 Jun 2024
The woman who hurled a milkshake over Nigel Farage as he launched his campaign to become an MP is a Jeremy Corbyn-supporting OnlyFans model who hails from a family of Brexiteers, MailOnline can reveal.
Victoria Thomas-Bowen, 25, was arrested by police on suspicion of assault after she drenched the new Reform leader as he stepped out of a Wetherspoons in Clacton, Essex.
Dramatic pictures show how the mother-of-one dodged Mr Farage's burly minders before flinging the contents of a McDonald's cup towards him. It caught him full in the face.
Mr Farage, who previously dubbed Clacton the 'most patriotic' town in Britain, merely wiped his eyes and continued.
Speaking from his home in nearby Jaywick, her Brexit-voting brother Paul told MailOnline: 'I have just seen it, and to be honest, I'm appalled. I don't know where she is. I don't want anything to do with her.'
Despite posting a video on X with the caption 'my milkshake brings all the people to the rally' in reference to the 2003 song Milkshake, Farage admitted it was 'quite frightening'.
Nigel Farage was drenched by a woman after being mobbed by crowds in what he described as the 'most patriotic' town in Britain
The woman who was arrested for dramatically throwing a milkshake over Nigel Farage is a Jeremy Corbyn-supporting OnlyFans model, MailOnline can reveal
Victoria Thomas-Bowen, 25, was arrested by police on suspicion of assault after she drenched the new Reform leader as he stepped into the huge mob
Thomas, who is an OnlyFans model with more than 18,100 followers on Instagram, appears to be a Labour supporter, previously pledging her support to Keir Starmer's party
The blonde young woman who threw the milkshake over the politician
Don't mention the milkshake: Farage's highlights of Clacton meeting
The incident has led to wide condemnation from MPs all across the political spectrum including Labour's Yvette Cooper who called it a 'disgrace' and 'completely unacceptable and wrong'.
But Thomas-Bowen, who films her x-rated video clips in the spare bedroom of her mother's £260,000 house in Grays, told the BBC she flung the banana milkshake because she 'just felt like it'.
'He doesn't stand for me', the self-described 'petite blonde pocket rocket' added. 'He doesn't represent anything I believe in, or any of the people around here. He doesn't represent us, he's not from here.'
She previously voiced her support for Jeremy Corbyn on Facebook and called for Britons to boycott the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
Last November, the model flew out to Istanbul for a nose job.
She told her subscribers she underwent the procedure to make her nose 'smaller' and 'prettier'.
Posting pictures of her recovery - and showing off the difference before and after - Thomas-Bowen said she loved her new nose 'so much' and was already breathing better.
'My milkshake brings all the people to the rally!' Farage jabs back
Mr Farage was flanked as usual by burly security as he left a pub, but they could do nothing as the women flung the contents of what appeared to be a McDonald's cup towards him
They're was a lot more but I think you get the gist. It was mostly pro farage stuff.
Why can't we get banana milkshakes at McDs over here in the land of the free?
I'd have thought that there'd be only minimal overlap between Corbynistas and OnlyFans bints.
The only thing that got launched was a milkshake at that fascist's face lmao
Could not disagree more with Farage's politics or dislike him more as a person but actions like this cheapen politics in this country. It makes it look like his opponents are unable to win the argument so need to resort to stunts (despite the fact his previous 8 attempts to enter parliament show that he is not winning the argument).
Also turns out that this woman is an OF content creator so it is basically just a marketing stunt for her.
If anyone is looking for her IG it's: https://www.instagram.com/vic.tb
That was depressing yet unsurprising. Is there some species of worm that gets into people's brains and transforms them into influencers? Is there a known cure?