Richard Tice gave a car-crash performance as he was challenged about why Nigel Farage decided not to attend the result declaration in the Clacton by-election.
Overnight, Farage was re-elected as MP for Clacton after winning just under two-thirds of the vote in Clacton, beating Count Binface.
But whilst Binface and the 32 other candidates were all present for the result declaration in the early hours of Friday morning, Farage stayed away.
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Speaking at a Reform event earlier in the night, Farage claimed he had been advised to stay away from the count by Essex Police.
He told those in attendance: “I have been advised tonight by Essex Police that there is an organised campaign to disrupt and degrade the result that will take place in a few hours time.
This was followed by a spokesman for Reform UK telling media outlets there was a “credible threat” against Farage at the count.
However, Essex Police have since contested Farage and Reform’s claims that they were contacted by the force.
The police said in a statement that they had not given any advice to any candidate about whether or not they should attend the count.
On Friday morning, following the result announcement, Reform’s deputy leader Richard Tice appeared on LBC to be interviewed by Nick Ferrari.
Ferrari asked him about Farage’s decision to not attend the count and what the reason was for this.
A clearly annoyed Tice said the Reform leader’s security team were “very concerned about a credible threat,” adding: “I don’t think anyone should have the temerity to question our judgements and our security team’s judgement about security and safety.”
But Ferrari pointed out to Tice that Farage had also said on Thursday night that he would not be attending the count because he did not want to “stand on a stage… and be demeaned and humiliated by nobodies.”
“That’s nothing to do with his safety,” the presenter said. “That’s because he doesn’t want to stand next to someone dressed as a dustbin.”
Tice chose not to address this, prompting Ferrari to once again press him for an answer on why Farage didn’t attend the count.
What followed Tice becoming increasingly irate at Ferrari for asking a valid question.
Temper, temper!