The Met Police have confirmed a man is under arrest for allegedly threatening Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and has now been released on bail16:06, 15 Jul 2026Updated 17:36, 15 Jul 2026A man has been arrested for allegedly threatening Nigel Farage, the Met Police have confirmed.An individual was only arrested yesterday on suspicion of sending a threatening communication. He was questioned before being released on bail as the police investigations continue. It is claimed the arrest was prompted by parliamentary authorities, who ordered police to investigate a threat to the Reform UK leader."On Tuesday, 14 July a man in his 20s was arrested by Met officers on suspicion of sending threatening communications to a Member of Parliament," the Met Police told the Mirror. "The arrest relates to a social media post from earlier this year, which was reported to police on Friday, 8 May.“After receiving the report, detectives submitted an application to a social media platform to gain access to the user’s contact information. After the relevant information was returned to detectives the man was arrested, with support from local Met officers, at a residential address in south London. After being held in police custody overnight, he has since been bailed pending further enquiries.”The arrest comes after the murder of Ann Widdecombe, which Devon and Cornwall Police have described as a targeted attack. Detectives have obtained a warrant under the Terrorism Act to hold a 28-year-old male suspect arrested in Rotherham, Yorkshire, on suspicion of murder.Now, The Telegraph reports that a man told Mr Farage: “I am going to shoot you in the head if you win."Earlier today, Reform Home Affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf said all MPs past and present will be given around-the-clock security should the party win the next general election.“Enough is enough,” he said at a press conference this morning. “I do not want to see another politician killed like our dear Ann. This has to stop.“I will close by announcing a new Reform policy. If Reform win the next general election, I will ensure all members of parliament -from all parties - are provided with around-the-clock protection. We will allocate significant new resources to protect former politicians still active in public life.”The body of Miss Widdecombe, 78, was discovered on Thursday 9 July at her home in Devon. She had sustained serious injuries in an attack police state took place the previous day. On Monday, a white British man, 28, was arrested before being re-arrested on Monday on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.Some 96% of MPs and 69% of MPs’ staff who participated in a survey by the Speaker last year said they have experienced one or more forms of abuse in their role. And it found around a third 96% of MPs (29%) said they have considered not standing for re-election, and 1 in 6 (17%) have considered resigning from public office.Article continues belowIn a study in 2022, Amnesty International found Black and minority ethnic women face a disproportionate amount of online abuse. Data is also dramatically skewed by the torrent of abuse received by Diane Abbott, the first Black female MP to be elected, who received almost a third (31.61%) of all abusive tweets it analysed.Its study, which looked at abuse of women MPs, said she received even more abuse in the six weeks leading up to 2017’s snap general election, when 45.14% of abusive tweets were aimed at her. Labour MP Carolyn Harris last year told The Mirror she had faced “unbelievable” abuse online.Asked what the worst thing about being an MP is, she said: "The abuse. Without a shadow of a doubt the abuse. The things that people say to you on social media is unbelievable. Why anybody thinks they can speak to people the way that they do to politicians, and women. Interestingly enough, it's never my politics, it's never a policy, it's always how I look."