Nigel Farage had a drink thrown over him outside a pub after kicking off his General Election campaign in Clacton.
The Reform UK leader was leaving the Moon and Starfish pub when a woman pelted him with what appeared to be a milkshake.
The Brexit architect had been speaking to reporters in the Wetherspoon venue after his rally at Clacton Pier.
He was seen with the drink splattered over his suit as he boarded his campaign bus.
Mr Farage earlier addressed hundreds of supporters at a packed rally in the Essex town after announcing he would stand for election there.
The ex-Ukip leader yesterday U-turned on his previous decision not to run on July 4 in a stunning change on mind.
Addressing a rally at Clacton Pier, Mr Farage hit out at the Tories over the handling of Brexit: “We made an offer to the British people, we could get back our independence and control of our borders.
“But what has happened? The Conservatives have betrayed that trust. They’ve opened up the borders to mass immigration like we’ve never seen before.
“And they deserve to pay a price for that, a big price for that.”
Mr Farage said the General Election was already effectively over: “That breach of trust from the Conservatives means they are finished, they are done.
“We are going to get a Labour government. Whether you like it or not, we are going to get a Labour government – the question is, who is going to be the voice of opposition?”
He urged voters to “send me to Parliament to be a bloody nuisance”.
He said: “A Labour government won’t make any real changes at all, we need radical surgery in this country.”
