Tice Says Farage Threats Ignored After Terror Charge

Rachel Meyers · 2026-10-03T18:20:35.856Z

It's alarming that Farage's security worries were brushed aside until this terror charge came up. All politicians need reliable protection.

Tice Says Farage Threats Ignored After Terror Charge — Photo: ©House of Commons / Laurie Noble / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)

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Richard Tice told the BBC he now constantly thinks, in any building, "do we know the back exit? Do we know the front exit?" — precautions from films that have become reality. On Oct. 2, 2026 the Crown Prosecution Service charged Joshua Kerry, 28, of Rotherham with one count of preparation of terrorist acts under the Terrorism Act 2006, including against Nigel Farage, between May 2024 and July 2026 Kerry, already charged in July with beating Ann Widdecombe, 78, to death at her remote Devon home on July 8, is due Wednesday at Westminster Magistrates' Court. Tice said Farage has raised security risks for years and it is particularly upsetting that sometimes he is not being believed or listened to. He described deep regret over a long period, called Widdecombe's murder a wake-up call, and said high-level Reform meetings brought a significant shift in how authorities handle threat intelligence. He recounted a grim personal threat near Parliament met by armed police at speed and called the quarter-to-half-mile radius outside the Houses among the most dangerous areas. Mahmood posted on X expressing concern and said she would work to strengthen protections after Parliament returns Oct. 12. In August counterterrorism police reopened a probe into an alleged firebomb attack at Farage's south London home. CONTESTED: BBC presenter Simon Jack put it to Tice that Reform had been complicit in dialling up the rhetorical temperature; Tice denied that. Details of any alleged plot remain unreleased.