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Arson Attack on Farage Leads Billionaire to Fund £5 M Security

4/29/2026

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A suspected arson attack placed an incendiary device in Nigel Farage’s letterbox in 2025, damaging his porch.
After the Home Office denied his security funding request, billionaire Christopher Harborne gave Farage a roughly £5 million gift for personal security.
Victoria Thomas Bowen, who milkshook Farage in December 2025, received a suspended sentence, £150 compensation and £450 costs.
Farage warned that assaults on MPs carry no prison time, citing his milkshake attacks.

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A suspected arson attack placed an incendiary device in Nigel Farage’s letterbox in 2025, damaging his porch.
After the Home Office denied his security funding request, billionaire Christopher Harborne gave Farage a roughly £5 million gift for personal security.
Victoria Thomas Bowen, who milkshook Farage in December 2025, received a suspended sentence, £150 compensation and £450 costs.
Farage warned that assaults on MPs carry no prison time, citing his milkshake attacks.