Overview

• Warwickshire Police say they are investigating an assault after a 2am call on Saturday, 11 October, reporting that a man had been pushed in Nuneaton.
• George Finch, Britain’s youngest council leader, says a man shoved him, shouted “racist” and “fascist,” and followed him and a friend; he reports no lasting injuries but says both were shocked.
• Nigel Farage condemned the attack and argued the language echoed remarks made by Sir Keir Starmer at Labour’s conference and by Green leader Zack Polanski.
• Labour denounced violence and called it “categorically incorrect” to link the party or the prime minister to the incident, while the Greens condemned intimidation and criticized attempts to score political points.
• The episode comes after high-profile criticisms of Reform’s immigration stance and shortly after a man was convicted of making death threats against Farage; no arrests or charges have been reported in this case.