And Ruth Townsley has taken to social media to express her contrition in a post in which she said she had written to Mr Farage to offer a personal apology. The Brexit Party leader was covered in milkshake while campaigning in Newcastle, with Paul Crowther, 32, subsequently charged with common assault and criminal damage. Afterwards, a post from the account of Ruth Townsley@vintagecyclist said: “Bravo to Paul Crowther, good on you mate.
“Great that milkshakes have become a thing when it comes to the racists in our midst.
“I’d prefer acid but milkshakes will do for now I guess.”
The tweet was subsequently deleted.
However, it triggered an internal investigation at Bristol-based charity Happy City UK, which lists a woman called Ruth Townsley as a programme manager pushing “the health benefits of improvements in wellbeing”.
Ruth Townsley says she has now offered an apology to Nigel Farage (Image: GETTY)
The charity confirmed yesterday Ms Townsley had been suspended, saying: “Happy City is aware that Ruth Townsley has previously posted tweets from her personal account including one about the Nigel Farage protest.
“We do not in any way agree with the contents of these tweets which contradicted all of our strongly held values.
“We believe all politicians have a right to have their voices heard, and condemn violence of any sort