Nigel Farage hit with a milkshake in Newcastle

TOPSHOT - Former leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) Nigel Farage reacts as he arrives for a voting session at the European Parliament during the monthly session at the EU Parliament in Strasbourg, on July 5, 2016. European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker sharply criticised politicians Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson as the "sad heroes" of Brexit who backed out of leading Britain through the EU exit they had campaigned for. "Patriots don't resign when things get difficult, they stay," he added. / AFP PHOTO / FREDERICK FLORIN (Photo credit should read FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP/Getty Images)

In what moral philosophers are already calling “the worst thing to ever happen to anyone in the entire history of the world,” Nigel Farage has had some milkshake thrown at him.

The Brexit party leader was campaigning in Newcastle (51 per cent Remain) city centre when he was hit by the creamy beverage, whose flavour remains, at time of writing, unknown.

Farage was reportedly heard to furiously utter the words “how did that happen” before being bundled into a car and driven to a safe space.

Nigel Farage hit by a milkshake in Newcastle city centre. He’s furious. Telling his security “it’s a failure” and “how did that happen”. He’s just been whisked away in a car. Full story on https://t.co/YZjeNpfVJw soon. pic.twitter.com/FpXDS8cGTG

— Sean Seddon (@seddonnews) May 20, 2019

Some Twitter users are so angry at this flagrant attack on free speech that they called for anybody who speaks in favour of it to be banned from social media.

Throwing milkshake at hard right politicians is thought to be the biggest internet-led trend since the ice bucket challenge. A number of other prominent far right campaigners including Tommy Robinson and UKIP’s Carl Benjamin have already taken part.

Your mole’s human colleague Anoosh Chakelian investigated this trend in depth last week.

UPDATE, 14.43pm: Since writing this story, your mole has learned that the weapon in question was a banana & salted caramel milkshake, £5.25 from American burger chain Five Guys. More as we get it.