Reform UK council leader George Finch, and a friend have allegedly been physically assaulted in the street.
Warwickshire Council boss Mr Finch, 19, was out with a female friend in Nuneaton on Friday night when the pair were “attacked” by a young man.
Officers have now launched a probe into the incident, while Reform leader Nigel Farage has waded in to back Mr Finch.
Mr Farage has said the incident has left him “deeply upset” – and warned the words used “echo the Prime Minister’s disgraceful attack on Reform during Labour conference week”.
Labour has condemned the attack, but has insisted it would be “categorically incorrect” to suggest that either Sir Keir or the party was responsible.
At the conference, Sir Keir Starmer claimed that the Reform chief, whom he labelled the “enemy”, “doesn’t like Britain [and] doesn’t believe in Britain”.
Officers have now launched a probe into the incident, while Reform leader Nigel Farage has waded in to back Mr Finch
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The PM also accused the poll-topping party of wanting to turn “this proud country into a country of victims”.
Reform’s policy chief Zia Yusuf then warned Sir Keir was “absolutely inciting violence” against Mr Farage.
Mr Finch, after the late-night attack, has condemned how Reform UK activists at all levels are “suffering intimidation and violence at the hands of left-wing instigators”.
He confirmed to the Mail that the incident caused no lasting injury – but “came as a massive shock to me and my friend and was completely out of the blue”.
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PICTURED: Nuneaton town centre. George Finch has condemned how Reform UK activists at all levels are ‘suffering intimidation and violence’
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WARWICKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL“It’s clear that the man who attacked us was wound up and sent into battle by the dangerous rhetoric of Labour and the Greens,” he said.
“I’m extremely concerned about the state of political discourse in Britain. Reform UK activists at all levels are suffering intimidation and violence at the hands of left-wing instigators.
“The politicians they follow know this, but are willingly allowing it to happen. They have a duty to speak out and quell the increased threat faced by my friends and colleagues.”
Just days ago, Green boss Zack Polanski labelled Zia Yusuf “far-right and fascist” in a BBC Question Time rant.
And following the Nuneaton incident, Mr Farage has condemned Mr Polanski’s “wholly irresponsible comments”.
Nigel Farage has condemned Zack Polanski’s (pictured) ‘wholly irresponsible comments’
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A Labour spokesman said: “Violence, harassment or intimidation is completely unacceptable and has no place in our politics or our society.
“Any such incidents must be thoroughly investigated and the perpetrators must be brought to justice.”
Warwickshire Police said the force was investigating “an assault” after receiving a call at 2am on Saturday “in which a man stated he had been pushed by another man in Nuneaton”.
GB News has approached the Green Party for comment.