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Police escort Restore Britain canvasser after Holborn heckling
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- Metropolitan Police escorted a Restore Britain canvasser away after pro-migrant protesters heckled him in Holborn.
- Protesters chanted “Out to canvass Nazi scum” while following the police escort.
- Reform UK Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick called the incident a dark moment for democracy.
- Police arrested two men for assault, releasing the 18-year-old canvasser and detaining a 27-year-old protester.
- The Holborn by-election is scheduled for 8 October after Sir Keir Starmer’s resignation.