Nigel Farage has branded anti-Ukip protesters who allegedly invaded a pub where he was having a family lunch as "scum".
Mr Farage said his children were so terrified during the incident that they "ran away to hide".
Farage's political rival Nick Clegg waded into the row, saying protesters should "leave his wife and kids out of it".
Nigel Farage has branded anti-Ukip protesters "scum" after they invaded a pub where he was having a family lunch.
The party leader was apparently with his wife and two younger daughters at the Queen's Head in Downe, Kent, when the incident took place.
Dozens of demonstrators initially went into the George & Dragon, where Mr Farage has previously been pictured having a drink, before realising he was in the other pub nearby.
They are said to have gone into the Queen's Head, chased the Farages out and then jumped on the Ukip leader's car bonnet as he drove away.
Mr Farage said afterwards: "I hope these 'demonstrators' are proud of themselves. My children were so scared by their behaviour that they ran away to hide.
"At the time of writing this a relative has gone to look for them, and they are not yet at home. These people are scum."
Protest organiser Dan Glass said the group was in fancy dress and included migrants, HIV activists, gay people, disabled people and breastfeeding mums.
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