5 Arrested After Sir Iain Duncan Smith Allegedly Hit With a Traffic Cone

Iain Duncan Smith after he joined Uyghurs at a demonstration in Parliament Square, London, on April 22, 2021. Yui Mok/PA

Five people have been arrested after former Tory party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith was allegedly assaulted by being hit on the head with a traffic cone.

The senior MP was pursued by chants of “Tory scum” on his way to a Brexit talk on the fringes of the Conservative Party conference in Manchester on Monday.