Here's what Nigel Farage has to say about the failed 'assassination attempt' against him

Nigel Farage has been the apparent victim of an assassination attempt.

The Ukip leader was driving from Brussels to his home in Kent when a wheel flew off his Volvo V70 on a main road. He was in France at the time.

Police told the politician that his car’s wheels had been deliberately unscrewed – he had been forced to jump over a road barrier to flee lorries whooshing past him.

Farage told the Mail on Sunday:

It was the middle of bloody nowhere, and I was caught in a very bad position.

There was a huge section of roadworks with cars going back and forth on the same side of the carriageway. I suddenly realised I was losing steering but there was no hard shoulder to pull on to.

I slowed down, put the hazards on and then one of the wheels came off.

I jumped over the wall as quickly as I bloody well could to get away from lorries and everything.

Farage has been the recipient of death threats in the past during his tenure as the leader of Ukip – but this incident at the end of October is believed to be the first time he’s been targeted by a "malicious act," as stated by French police.

The 51-year-old said that the emergency services told him that nuts on vehicles can come loose – “but not all four”.

The MEP, who attends the European Parliament – not as often as some might expect – said he asked police not to pursue the investigation, as he “didn’t want to make anything of it.”