THIS is the moment protesters were dragged out of Reform Conference by their arms and legs as Nigel Farage accused them of “being on the sauce”.
Three protestors disrupted Mr Farage’s final speech of the day in Birmingham with cries of “f*** the fascists” and “tax the rich”.
A protester is hauled out of the conference hall[/caption]
A gang of security guards wrestle a disruptor in the middle of the crowd[/caption]
A furious-looking protester shouts as she is transported out[/caption]
One clip shows seven burly security guards tussling with a woman in the middle of the seated crowd – to shouts of “shame, shame” from the room.
Mr Farage jibes: “Go easy. She’s clearly got some anger management issues” as she is carried out in a face-down superman position.
A man also falls limp after piping up, forcing security to carry him on his back as they jog out of the conference hall.
A third woman drags her feet while two security staff frogmarch her across the floor.
“She looked like she’d been on the sauce all night,” Mr Farage says into the mic.
The protestors, who appeared to have been sitting together, took their stands at different points of the speech to cause maximum disruption.
Reform members booed and chanted “boring” and “out out out” as they celebrated the protesters being ejected.
Mr Farage had been trying to introduce Reform chief whip Lee Anderson, and dealt with the challenges with his usual flamboyance.
The Ashfield MP eventually arrived on stage and said: “Imagine paying £55 just to get chucked out.”
The disturbances did nothing to dampen jubilant spirits at the conference.
Mr Farage couldn’t wait to react to the news of Angela Rayner’s ungainly departure – and so brought his speech forward by three hours.
Relishing the coincidence of the events, he put his Reform troops on notice for an early general election.
The party leader told thousands of his supporters gathered in Birmingham to prepare for a poll in 2027 rather than 2029 when one is due.
He said Ms Rayner’s ousting could trigger a Labour civil war if their left-wingers start agitating or jumping ship to Jeremy Corbyn’s new movement.
Mr Farage whipped the Reform grassroots into a frenzy this morning as he swept onto the conference stage with booming music and pyrotechnics.
Farage dealt with the disruption with typical effortlessness[/caption]
The protestors made more of a nuisance by falling limp so they had to be carried out[/caption]
He brought his speech forward by three hours to react to Ms Rayner’s humiliating departure as deputy PM and deputy Labour leader to capitalise on the government’s woes.
Blasting her as “entitled”, Mr Farage said: “It was inevitable, wasn’t it? Really, you can’t be Housing Secretary and avoid £40,000 worth of stamp duty. It’s just as simple as that.
“So, in the last few minutes, Angela Rayner has gone, but not just as Housing Secretary.
“Now, more significantly, she’s gone as deputy leader of the Labour party and Deputy Prime Minister.
“That means there will be an internal election within the Labour party, and you’re going to see the hard left of Labour shouting very, very loudly for the last few years, the story has been splits within the Conservative Party.
“Mark my words: Within weeks, it’ll be splits within the Labour party.”
They picked different moments in Farage’s speech to pipe up[/caption]
Farage was unphased by the interruptions[/caption]
