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Police are appealing for a protester who was allegedly assaulted by members of a Reform UK conference audience to come forward.
The woman was among several demonstrators who were thrown out of the party’s conference at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre on Friday.
Footage from the event appears to show audience members confronting the protester, with one person seemingly pulling her hair and another grabbing her head.
Another clip appears to show an audience member using a walking stick during the confrontation.
West Midlands Police said it had not received a direct complaint about the incident but urged the woman involved to contact officers so they can investigate further.
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A spokesperson said: ‘We’re aware of a video circulating from the Reform UK conference showing an incident with a protester.
‘We haven’t received a complaint but would ask the woman involved to come forward and contact us so we can carry out enquiries.’
Activist group Climate Resistance claimed responsibility for the protests, saying it was ‘horrified at the violence’ against its demonstrators.
The group also said that the protester was considering whether to come forward to police.
The disruptions came during the first main day of Reform UK’s annual conference, with protesters interrupting speeches by party leader Nigel Farage and his deputy Richard Tice.
During Farage’s keynote address, two women stood up and held a banner reading ‘Reform works for billionaires’.
They were booed by members of the audience, who shouted ‘out’ as they were removed from the hall.
Farage appeared to make light of the disruption, telling delegates: ‘We’ve got a screamer. Oh dear.’
He later said of one protester: ‘That poor young girl, she looked like she was going to do herself an injury’, before adding: ‘Boring, boring, boring.’
Earlier, a banner was displayed during Tice’s speech reading ‘Collect £5 million, burn the planet’, alongside an image depicting Farage wearing a top hat and carrying a bag of money.
Climate Resistance said its protests were intended to challenge what it described as billionaire influence and Reform’s record on climate issues.
A spokesperson for the group said: ‘We were horrified at the violence by Reform Party members against our peaceful protestors.
‘Farage should take responsibility for controlling his supporters rather than firing up an angry crowd.’
Reform UK home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf also condemned violence against hecklers when asked about footage appearing to show members of the audience pulling the woman’s hair and grabbing her head.
‘On the question of whether I condemn people punching people, yes, I condemn people punching people,’ he told a conference fringe event.
Reform chairman Lee Anderson, however, said he had seen ‘an old chap, a pensioner somewhere with a walking stick’ and joked about holding a collection for a new one.
‘Look, I don’t condone any sort of that behaviour, but if anybody wants to have a quick whip round later, we are collecting for a new walking stick,’ he said.
Discussing the protestors, he then added: ‘Imagine paying 55 quid to get in here and then getting thrown out.
‘They’d have been better off spending that money on the bus fare to the local job centre. I don’t think any of them have got a job.
‘I’ve got a three-point plan, as you know, which is to get a job, get a life, and get a shower. I don’t think that’s an unreasonable request.’
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