A retired army veteran and Brexit Party supporter refused to abandon his post outside a polling station after he was attacked with a milkshake.

Don MacNaughton, 81, who served with the Paras for 22-years was covered in the strawberry drink by a "yob" who spotted his Brexit Party rosette.

But the former soldier, who served in hot-spots all around the world, laughed off the attack saying strawberry was his favourite flavour.

Widower, Mr MacNaughton, who had been campaigning for Nigel Farage's party in his hometown of Aldershot, also refused to go home and change his soiled clothing following the incident on Thursday morning.

He told the Telegraph: "I’m not going anywhere and I’m not going to change out of these clothes, even though lots of people have offered me clean shirts. These are my war wounds and I’m keeping them on. And I’ll be here till the polling station shuts. It’s my duty.”

“It was a strawberry milkshake, my favourite flavour,” he said, adding that he would not be pressing charges should the thug who targeted him be caught. “The police took a statement and searched the bins to find the milkshake carton, they did a grand job. It’s an assault, but I won't be taking it further. His punishment is to have his silly actions plastered all over the place by the media.”