Police have made an arrest over a threat to shoot and kill Nigel Farage.

The man was arrested in London yesterday after a post on X that read: “I am going to shoot you in the head if you win.”

The threat comes after Ann Widdecombe was killed in a ‘targeted attack’ at her home.

Mr Farage has repeatedly criticised his lack of formal protection and has described himself as the ‘most attacked politician in the country’.

The former Reform UK MP for Clacton-on-Sea, who stepped down last week, said yesterday that he gets as many as 30 death threats per week.

Mr Farage had previously told The Telegraph: “This is the first time the police have ever proactively acted on a social media post and I hope they are looking at the other three or four hundred similar posts from this year alone.”

Reform UK said it has recorded 1,577 threats against Mr Farage since February, including 597 death threats.

It is understood the man was arrested by the Metropolitan Police on suspicion of sending a threatening communication. He was interviewed before being released on bail pending further inquiries.

Scotland Yard informed Mr Farage of the man’s arrest this morning.