UKIP leader Nigel Farage has been locked inside a pub for his own safety while on a campaign trip to promote his candidate in a Scottish by-election.
Mr Farage arranged a press conference with journalists in the Canons Gait pub on Edinburgh's Royal Mile just yards from the Scottish Parliament to promote his candidate Otto Inglis in the Aberdeen Donside by-election.
The press conference inside the pub was soon surrounded by dozens of protesters shouting "racist Nazi scum".
Bar staff were forced to clear the pub and the protest spilled outside obstructing Mr Farage's exit.
The UKIP leader attempted to make an escape by taxi but protesters blocked its path.
Police eventually escorted Mr Farage back into the pub and barricaded the doors against protesters.
Mr Farage was finally removed from the scene in a police riot van at around 5.40pm.
