Nigel Farage flees as he's surrounded by protestors and branded 'scrounger'

Nigel Farage flees as he's surrounded by protesters and branded 'scrounger'Reform UK's Nigel Farage has been greeted by hecklers who branded him a 'scrounger', while signs up along a road on a visit to the Shetland Isles branded him 'frog-mouthed'NewsBenedict Tetzlaff-Deas News Reporter15:49, 14 Apr 2026Updated 15:55, 14 Apr 2026Nigel Farage met by protestors in Shetland and called a 'scrounger'Nigel Farage has been confronted by angry protesters on a visit to the Shetland Islands - including by one man who branded him a 'scrounger'.‌The Reform UK leader was spotted campaigning in Lerwick today after addressing a party rally in Aberdeen last night.‌A video shared on social media shows Farage stood outside public toilets as he tells a demonstrator: "Well, maybe we need some more people in politics to make money and then everybody be rich. How about that?" But one responded: "More billionaires in politics? That's your ideas, more successful billionaires, scroungers like yourself?"‌View 2 ImagesNigel Farage was branded a 'scrounger' by one protester(Image: X)Content cannot be displayed without consentREAD MORE: Rachel Reeves vows to fight Reform and Tories' plot to restore two-child benefit limitREAD MORE: Tetchy Nigel Farage lashes out at reporter over Richard Tice tax questionFarage then walked away, batting the air with his hand. Speaking to local outlet Shetland News, he went on to call the hecklers an example of "modern day Marxism" and utterly "deluded", adding: "There’s something quite sinister about that."‌A sign put up along one of Shetland's main roads meanwhile appeared to brand the Clacton MP a "frog-faced w****r".Reform UK are competing in the Scottish parliament election on May 7, and are currently at third behind Labour and the SNP on recent opinion polls. They are being represented in the Shetland constituency...