Former Brexit Party MEP Martin Daubney has opened up about the moment he was confronted by knife-wielding attackers whilst working as a politician in 2019.
The GB News presenter shared his personal experience of a life-threatening situation whilst canvassing for the Brexit Party in Ashfield in 2019.
He said: “They came down the street at me with knives, and they pulled them out and I just thought, ‘I could die here’.
“And I just stood my ground and looked them down and I just held my arm out and went, ‘Martin Daubney Brexit Party, did you vote to leave the European Union?”
Daubney was discussing attacks on politicians after it was revealed that a 46-year-old man has been arrested after MP Mike Freer received a threatening phone call last week.
The Conservative minister announced at the start of this month that he will stand down at the next general election after a series of death threats and an arson attack on his constituency office.
He said that “by the skin of my teeth I avoided being murdered” by Ali Harbi Ali, who went on to kill Southend West MP Sir David Amess.
The Metropolitan Police said they received a report from Mr Freer’s office on February 1 that he had received “an abusive and threatening phone call” the previous day.
The suspect was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of malicious communication and has been taken to a north London police station for questioning.
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