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Police have called for a protester who was thrown out of Nigel Farage’s Reform conference speech to come forward after footage showed audience members pulling her hair and grabbing her head.
The Reform UK leader has complained the request from West Midlands Police amounts to double standards.
The force said it had not received a direct complaint but asked the woman to make contact so officers can carry out further investigations following videos of her removal from the conference hall being shared online.
Demonstrators were thrown out of the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham four times during Mr Farage’s keynote speech.
They interrupted the Reform leader’s address, which was delayed over security concerns.
The Clacton MP laughed during the disruption and said: “We’ve got a screamer. Oh dear.”
Addressing the conference hall, Mr Farage added, “that poor young girl, she looked like she was going to do herself an injury”, before adding, “boring, boring, boring”.
A man in the audience was also seen hitting the protester with a walking stick.
Mr Farage said on Saturday the criticism was “one-sided”.
A statement from West Midlands Police 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 2026.”
