@c5news: The protester who has gone viral for being dragged out of Reform UK’s conference on Friday has told of the moment she was “yanked down from my seat”. The climate protester, who only wanted to be known as Sally, said she could not believe how the audience treated her after she shouted at party leader Nigel Farage, branding their behaviour “quite shocking”. Sally had her face and hair grabbed and was struck with a walking crutch. Police have asked her to get in touch, but she said they don’t need a complaint from her to proceed with an investigation. Sally said she is still deciding how to deal with police. The woman slammed Reform UK MP Lee Anderson for joking to “buy a new cane for the man who assaulted me, which I think is simply pathetic”. Reform MP Robert Jenrick dismissed the incident when questioned by LBC’s Lewis Goddall who suggested the response was “heavy handed” and “disproportionate”. “What do you expect them to do?” he replied. When the journalist pointed out that the protester “probably didn’t need to be clubbed with a crutch”, Mr Jenrick said: “I don’t know how sympathetic I am towards that person. Not at all.” He added that she was now “moaning that a pensioner knocked her on the head”.

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Monday 07 September 2026 17:57:49 GMT