Man Arrested Over Alleged Threat to Shoot Nigel Farage

A man in his 20s was arrested in south London on suspicion of sending threatening communications to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.

• Metropolitan Police arrested the man in south London on Tuesday, July 14, on suspicion of sending a threatening communication to a Member of Parliament.
• The arrest relates to a post on X reported to police on May 8, one day after local and mayoral elections.
• The man has been bailed pending further inquiries, police confirmed.
• Farage said this was the first time police had proactively acted on a social media threat against him, urging them to investigate hundreds of similar posts.