Nigel Farage has accused other politicians of 'radicalising' members of the public, hours after he had a milkshake thrown at him.
The Brexit Party candidate was in Greater Manchester to speak at a campaign event in Horwich on Monday evening, ahead of this Thursday's European elections.
It came just hours after he was pelted with a £5.25 Five Guys banana and salted caramel milkshake while campaigning in Newcastle.
He told around 500 supporters at the event, held at the Bolton Whites Hotel, that he would not dignify what had happened by acknowledging it, before going on to accuse politicians who have tried to oppose Brexit of 'radicalising' the public.
He said: "I won't even acknowledge the lame brain behaviour that I was subjected to this morning, I won't dignify it, I will ignore it.
"I'll just buy new clothes and carry on.
"For a civilised, democratic nation to function, in democracy, the loser has to give their consent, the loser has to accept they have lost the election, and do their best to win the next election, that is how our system w orks.
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"If the loser doesn't give consent, then he whole democratic process is lost and what we are seeing in this country, since that referendum, are very senior public figures in this country do not accept the results of the the greatest democratic exercise in our country, they have done all they to stop it, to cancel it, to force us to vote again.
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"They have given the impression that their view has a moral superiority over our view.
"In doing so, they have radicalised a group of people in this country, who themselves believe that they have superior views to the majority, and when you have that mindset, if you believe that you are better than other people, history shows that in those circumstances people are capable of appalling behaviour."
The former Ukip leader, who stood down in 2016 before eventually leaving the party in December 2018 and going on to stand for the Brexit Party, was given a standing ovation by supporters who chanted his name as he walked to the stage.
A 32-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of common assault following the milkshake incident.
It comes two weeks after Tommy Robinson, the founder of the English Defence League who is also standing for election on Thursday, had a milkshake thrown over him in Warrington.
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