Why Reform’s party conference ‘went wrong’

LBC's political editor, Natasha Clark, and political correspondent, Bethany Dawson, discussed the Reform conference as it drew to a close on Sunday.

Meant to be a chance to rally Reform supporters, the event was overshadowed by a fresh scandal around the party's donations.

West Midlands Police have appealed for a woman to come forward after footage shared online appears to show the protester 'attacked' while being removed from the Reform party conference.

Several protesters disrupted Nigel Farage's speech at the Reform UK party conference in Birmingham on Friday.

They were quickly bundled out of the room amid boos and heckles from the crowd, and taunts from Mr Farage as he pushed on with his speech.

One woman who stood up to disrupt the speech can be seen in video footage being removed from the room. While several security guards remove her, members of the crowd appear to grab at her face and hair, and hit her with a walking stick.

The heavy-handed approach to the removal of the protester, and the involvement of members of the crowd, has drawn criticism online.

West Midlands Police has said in a statement that they are aware of the video circulating online, but have not received a complaint from the woman involved.

They 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.

"Anyone with any information should contact us on 101 quoting log number 924 of 5 September."

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