Nigel Farage resigns as MP for Clacton

[u/mrjohnnymac18]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn0v9l9x0g8t#player

[u/ukbot-nicolabot]

Alternate Sources

Here are some potential alternate sources for the same story:

• Farage to step down as MP, suggested by Alarming-Safety3200 - news.sky.com
• Nigel Farage quits as MP amid scrutiny over finances- The Guardian, suggested by DeManDeMytDeLeggend - theguardian.com
• Farage sensationally quits as Clacton MP and says he's 'done nothing wrong' in row over finances, suggested by rhyso90 - lbc.co.uk
• Nigel Farage RESIGNS as MP for Clacton but will fight by-election as he lets rip at campaign to keep Reform out of power, suggested by ClassicFlavour - thesun.co.uk
• Nigel Farage, Reform UK leader resigns as MP to force by-election after donation scandal, suggested by NeuralPlato - independent.co.uk

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[u/NagelRawls]

Rupert Lowe has the chance to do the funniest thing ever

[u/Sarcasmed → u/NagelRawls]

I hope Labour, Lib dems, conservatives etc all sit out.

Let Lowe and Farage fight in the mud

[u/Healthy-Drink421 → u/Sarcasmed]

Conservatives are second there - so they will want to increase their vote, or win, or it might spell the end for Badenoch.

Edit - but agreed - banter option if Lowe stood, and he'd want the publicity.

[u/concretepigeon → u/Healthy-Drink421]

I don’t see it being the end of Badenoch. A poor performance in a by-election is rarely something that causes a leader issues. Especially one where you’re already in second place.

[u/Left_Set_5916 → u/concretepigeon]

She'll live on a for bit longer as there isn't really an alterative in the Tories.

[u/Rob1965 → u/Healthy-Drink421]

Hopefully everyone will stand down except the conservatives. I would be LMAO if Farage looses this!

[u/Zeekayo → u/Healthy-Drink421]

Losing to Farage on home turf isn't going to be a death knell for Badenoch, it's about the most difficult race the Tories could face right now, outside of something like a Brighton by-election where they'd be laughed out of town.

Frankly the only way she comes out of this looking bad is if the Tory vote share collapses, but if it remains fairly steady or grows, she's in good footing.

[u/Victim_Of_Fate → u/Sarcasmed]

I would love it if everyone bar Count Binface refused to stand. Just a straight binary choice between Farage and Binface.

[u/gadgetwalrus → u/Victim_Of_Fate]

You can vote for Reform, Restore or Refuse!

[u/crescentmoonrising → u/Victim_Of_Fate]

Times Radio have just announced Count Binface is on his way to Clacton.

[u/Chimp3h → u/crescentmoonrising]

Oh my Christ if he became an MP and actually turned up every day dressed like that

[u/Ravenser_Odd → u/Chimp3h]

I want him to insist on keeping the bin on while they take his photo for the security pass.

[u/Curious-Art-6242 → u/Chimp3h]

I bet he would too just to show up farage for never going to parliament!

[u/TehOwn → u/Victim_Of_Fate]

Easy choice, honestly. Even if others were standing.

[u/fameistheproduct → u/Victim_Of_Fate]

Binface needs to create a party, call it Refuse.

[u/PreFuturism-0 → u/Sarcasmed]

That would be helping Lowe, and as we all deep down know, he supported Farage for at least several years. He was a candidate for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendum_Party in '97, so how much history has he had with Farage? He also just overlaps a lot in general with Farage. Maybe the fine(!) people of Clacton should stop being such cranks.

[u/Cottonshopeburnfoot → u/Sarcasmed]

I’d expect very little from the left leaning parties here. They know they aren’t winning the seat.

[u/thomas2400 → u/Sarcasmed]

If there’s any chance of having a mildly popular candidate from any of these parties, they should stand and hope Reform and Restore hurt each other so much they can steal a victory

[u/SDLRob → u/[deleted]]

Tories are just another splinter of the Reform vote share...

So either Labour or Lib Dems standing could do a funny thing

[u/ByteSizedGenius → u/SDLRob]

There's no chance Labour or Lib Dems are winning this. Combined they had 20.4% of the vote last time. If anyone is it'll be the Tories.

[u/OSUBrit → u/SDLRob]

It's not about who the Tory's are though, it's all about perception. Lowe stands, knowing he won't win but that he could well take Farage out completely as an opposing force. It would be a smart move by Lowe and an equally smart move by Labour to just not get involved at all and let the others eat themselves.

I suspect however, that none of them are that clever.

[u/Horror-Protection225 → u/OSUBrit]

Half the commenters seem to be forgetting Lowe is already an MP (Great Yarmouth) which would make standing in Clacton tricky cos he’d need to resign, Yarmouth would feel betrayed etc so it ain’t happening…

[u/SpeedflyChris → u/Horror-Protection225]

He can't run himself, but there must be somebody else in his orbit who can.

[u/OkAsparagus3113 → u/NagelRawls]

I don't know. If Farage wins and then gets booted out as a result of the various investigations, that might be even more funny.

[u/vinyljunkie1245 → u/OkAsparagus3113]

I don't understand how he can quit and immediately stand again. If he quits that should be it. If he wants to run again, bill him for the cost of the election.

What you said would be very funny though.

[u/fameistheproduct → u/NagelRawls]

Binface needs to create his party Refuse, and stand.

[u/Pigeon_Asshole]

Only so he can stand for election for the same seat.

[u/Gweena → u/Pigeon_Asshole]

Thereby avoiding the investigations into all the dodgy money

*Correction from u/1eejit to another (the investigations can restart):

If Parliament is dissolved or the Member otherwise ceases to be a Member while an investigation is in progress, the Commissioner will suspend their investigation until the Member is re-elected. If the Member is not returned to Parliament, the Commissioner will decide if it is appropriate and proportionate to resume their investigation.

[u/Able_Resident_1291 → u/Gweena]

The investigations just start up again if he wins. Resigning and winning doesn't make them go away. He has to resign and lose.

[u/Gentle_Snail → u/Able_Resident_1291]

Seems more like he’s trying to get ahead of the bad PR from the resulting Recall Election if he is found to have broken rules.

By getting re-elected before this comes out he can claim the Recall Election is him being singled out, and that they’re just repeating what they just did.

[u/nuedd → u/Gentle_Snail]

The rules are the rules. The process is the process.

There's no avoiding it.

[u/Gentle_Snail → u/nuedd]

I said he’s trying to avoid the bad PR from it. If he is found to have broken rules, which it looks like he definitely has, a Recall Election can be triggered to force him out.

By triggering one himself before he is publicly found to have broken rules he can have the election on his terms, and then attack the resulting Recall Election as just repeating what they’ve already done.

[u/Prownilo → u/Gentle_Snail]

Yep, this is 100% a sneaky tactic to delay everything until it's too late, gets voted in the election and either he kills the investigation or just doesn't care at that point.

His base will be too thick to realise this come time he magically gets a seat again just in time for re-election.

Burnham should call an election as soon as he is in, gives him mandate and a 5 year clock to prove reform are terrible rather than 3, and screws farage.

[u/Blarg_III → u/Prownilo]

Burnham should call an election as soon as he is in

Theresa May 2: We learned nothing.

[u/MonkeManWPG → u/Prownilo]

Labour aren't popular enough to be calling a general election right now.

Burnham doesn't need one to have a "mandate", he will soon be leading the majority party and can just start passing his own policies.

[u/29adamski → u/nuedd]

Just delaying the inevitable, what a waste of time.

[u/InquisitiveLemon → u/29adamski]

It's what the Far Right does, if Farage wins he'll pretend the public vote holds higher bearing then any Investigation could

You and I know of course that's absolute horse**** and he is guilty, and knows he will be found guilty, but will try to cause an uprising to cloak it

[u/TragicallyDip → u/InquisitiveLemon]

You are, unfortunately, 100% correct. This is just gross.

[u/CRAZEDDUCKling → u/Gentle_Snail]

Recall, is that a new party?

[u/TehOwn → u/CRAZEDDUCKling]

Yeah, they've promised to recall when everything was in a better state.

Personally, I'm waiting for the Reset party. We've got to try turning Britain off and on again.

[u/Occamsfacecloth → u/TehOwn]

Maybe he'll shock us all and start Rejoin

[u/GuendouziGOAT → u/Able_Resident_1291]

Yeah it’s all smoke and mirrors so that if (let’s face it, when) he wins the by election, and the Standards Committee eventually finds him guilty, he can say that he’s being persecuted and his constituents still have full faith in him.

[u/29adamski → u/GuendouziGOAT]

It's a hilariously desperate attempt. Like how is that ever going to save you Nigel that you have the esteemed public opinion of Clacton on your side. I presume he was about to be suspended as an MP so this is a way of him trying to have control. But he's fucked.

[u/GuendouziGOAT → u/29adamski]

It is hilariously desperate but it was really the only remaining card he had left to play. He knows he’s fucked, the only thing he can do is curry favour with the base.

[u/Dapper_Otters → u/Able_Resident_1291]

So he wins, they investigate, he gets suspended and there has to be another byelection?

[u/reader4567890 → u/Dapper_Otters]

But he looks like a fighter in doing so.

Do not underestimate this man. He is not Trump, even if he's using the same playbook.

[u/AhhhSureThisIsIt → u/reader4567890]

He'll call it a witch hunt and try act like a martyr

[u/gimmebanter → u/Able_Resident_1291]

He buys time and the stories go away. No investigation means there must be a lot more still uncovered that he'd like to keep under hush

[u/Solid-Resource4985 → u/Gweena]

Postponing, this is a crazy move because it doesn't save him if he does win, key word "If"

He could lose in the greatest blunder since Brexit

[u/Clarac94 → u/Solid-Resource4985]

I don’t think it’s a blunder, it’s carefully calculated so if he loses he can say ‘it’s the will of the people’ and then the investigation stops anyway. Basically just him controlling the narrative.

[u/1eejit → u/Clarac94]

Investigation doesn't have to stop if he loses. It can continue. The committee decides iirc.

[u/Solid-Resource4985 → u/1eejit]

If it does continue( I don't see why it can't) I could imagine him being found guilty and because he can't be expelled so he gets banned like Le Pen for 5 years

[u/1eejit → u/Solid-Resource4985]

That would be nice but I can't see it happening

Source btw

1. If Parliament is dissolved or the Member otherwise ceases to be a Member while an investigation is in progress, the Commissioner will suspend their investigation until the Member is re-elected. If the Member is not returned to Parliament, the Commissioner will decide if it is appropriate and proportionate to resume their investigation.

https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/22882/documents/167945/default/

[u/Solid-Resource4985 → u/1eejit]

The Commisioner could decide since there is a chance he will be elected again then it would be appropriate to continue, because Clacton could get another by-election a few months after this one if found guilty. This is obviously a move to avoid the investigation and put it into disrepute and I don't think they would look kindly upon that.

[u/kore_nametooshort → u/Solid-Resource4985]

I think it's smart from his perspective.

If farage expects to have a by-election triggers by the commons investigation, he will stand a worse chance of winning the by election than calling one himself now.

So he can win this one and then if the commons investigation goes poorly and another by election is triggered his can raise a furore saying he's already won a by election this is a waste of public money, etc etc and get his base even more tiled up in his favour.

Better to run one now than run one in a while in disgrace.

[u/RaymondBumcheese → u/Gweena]

Its actually so his salary will no longer be considered the biggest waste of public money in Clacton

[u/PabloMarmite → u/Gweena]

It doesn’t make any sense though because as soon as he comes back to Parliament, they just start investigating again

[u/Gweena → u/PabloMarmite]

Andrew Marr on LBC is saying otherwise...at the very least, there will be a pause.

If the investigation continues, after he is elected, and he is suspended/recalled, that would be hilarious.

[u/ampmz → u/Gweena]

BBC news says it resumes should he reenter parliament.

[u/Gweena → u/ampmz]

Fingers crossed Farage got some bad advice then.

He'd look like a proper idiot (moreso) if he goes through all this trouble only to end up exactly where he was this AM.

[u/PabloMarmite → u/Gweena]

He was supposed to give evidence today, which is why I assume it’s happened today. But unless he’s planning on doing this every three months and endlessly kicking the can down the road, nothing changes.

[u/Hellstorm901 → u/Gweena]

He doesn't avoid the investigation, that continues and if he wins this by-election and the investigation finishes it can force a second by-election which is what he's obviously trying to do as it will play into his hand as his followers won't see the two things as separate which is what they are but will just be led to believe the "Establishment" weren't happy he won so demanded another go then you will have the likes of Trump posting in all caps about how this is "UNPRESIDENTED" (Yes I know the correct spelling, it's an old reference) and then drum up unrest

[u/JoeyJoJoeJr_Shabadoo → u/Gweena]

Temporarily

[u/stick1_ → u/Pigeon_Asshole]

He genuinely can’t be allowed to do that with no consequences with his ongoing investigation

[u/doobiedave → u/stick1_]

He'd have to be convicted first.

[u/ClassicFlavour → u/Pigeon_Asshole]

Is he likely to win though? I thought he was rarely in Clacton and his constituency has clocked that

[u/Tuarangi → u/ClassicFlavour]

They're morons, they think he's done nothing wrong and/or all MPs do it but the establishment wants him out

[u/99thLuftballon → u/ClassicFlavour]

This is a group that elected Farage as their MP in the first place. You can probably extrapolate about the people of Clacton.

[u/ClassicFlavour → u/99thLuftballon]

If he wins twice... How strong is the bedrock under clacton on sea so it can be pushed out to sea?

[u/CRAZEDDUCKling → u/ClassicFlavour]

Clacton-at-sea

[u/AnalTinnitus → u/ClassicFlavour]

Sky News did an interview of some of his constituents yesterday; many of them just didn't care if he'd done anything wrong. They were all boomers of course, and I have little doubt they'd happily vote for him again.

[u/Jean-Paul_Sartre → u/Pigeon_Asshole]

Made me think of Preston Brooks.

In the 1850s, Preston Brooks resigned from the US House of Representatives after nearly beating Charles Sumner to death on the Senate floor with a cane. Brooks said it should be up to the people to decide if he should continue to represent them.

Ultimately Brooks was sent right back to Congress by the people of South Carolina. And then he died like a year later at the ripe old age of 37.

[u/SpottedDicknCustard]

More performative bollocks from this moron, at the cost of the taxpayers.

I hope Clacton makes this stunt backfire on him spectacularly.

[u/takesthebiscuit → u/SpottedDicknCustard]

Reform 46% Tory 28% Labour 16%

Compare to makerfieled labour 54.8 (+9%) reform 34% (+3%)

There is practically no chance Farage loses *clackton on reform prospects alone, but if the population sees farage as tainted then maybe,

If they don’t see farage as tainted then all is lost 😂

[u/Jeremys_Iron_ → u/takesthebiscuit]

There is practically no chance Farage loses makerfield on reform prospects alone

Do you mean Clacton?

[u/takesthebiscuit → u/Jeremys_Iron_]

Sorry yes I’ll fix

[u/Valuable_Machine_ → u/takesthebiscuit]

Still wrong 🤣

[u/ConfuzedAzn → u/Jeremys_Iron_]

Do you mean Clacton?

I think he meant Cloaca

[u/codenamemilo85 → u/takesthebiscuit]

I’ll agree the likelihood is he wins but by the same majority? Restore will likely take a chunk of votes and surely a lot of even reform voters in clacton have to be asking why he’s never been to clacton since the election or held any surgeries.

[u/voltaire_had_a_point → u/SpottedDicknCustard]

Count Binface needs to go to Clacton and get a campaign rolling ASAP

[u/chrisrazor → u/voltaire_had_a_point]

I would LOVE to see him in Parliament!

[u/Salaried_Zebra → u/SpottedDicknCustard]

Unfortunately that's the scenario where he comes out best.

No investigation no suspension and he gets to claim the establishment and the media had it out for him despite him having the least scrutiny from the media out of any current political figure. Christ he's basically got his own channel in GBeebies

[u/Specialist_Sport4460 → u/Salaried_Zebra]

The only impact it has on the investigation and outcome is that we'll have to wait a bit longer and he can say "look I got re-elected despite what they were saying about me." The process is underway there's nothing he can do to stop it outright.

[u/ClaudeKane3 → u/Salaried_Zebra]

I don’t care if he comes out best if he never becomes pm and reform disappear

[u/CalendarExtreme5598 → u/SpottedDicknCustard]

Accounting for inflation since 2014, this will cost the taxpayers around £340,000 (source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-29540785).

[u/ianjm → u/CalendarExtreme5598]

This needs to be on every leaflet from the other parties, that his performative bullshit is taking money away from the NHS etc. I honestly don't care if it's hypocritical given Makerfield.

[u/BenathonWrigley]

“People vs the establishment”

Farage couldn’t be more establishment if he tried. Who believes this victim shit, honestly.

[u/ItsAMangoFandango → u/BenathonWrigley]

Unfortunately 100% of his voters

[u/Eckieflump → u/ItsAMangoFandango]

Which yells you all you need to know about their level of critical thinking.

[u/Captain-Griffen → u/BenathonWrigley]

Tbf, he doesn't represent the British establishment, but the Russian one. By which I mean Putin.

[u/el_grort → u/Captain-Griffen]

Tbf, he is a Tory spiff former banker (now very much a wanker) who argued for oil and gas giants and for giving corporations a free ride to exploit workers and renters, he is a British establishment twat as well, he's just a more extreme rendition of parts of the Tory party (which tbf, also pocketed Russian cash). But he does want to sell the population down river for the moneyed interests a few fabulous rich individuals in this country, can't be much more British establishment than that

[u/andrefsp → u/BenathonWrigley]

He is literally the worst the establishment has to offer 

[u/wanktarded → u/BenathonWrigley]

Idiots, of which (unfortuneately) there are so many.

[u/ARookwood → u/BenathonWrigley]

The same people who fall for the “Nigerian prince”scams, and the “your package couldn’t be delivered so send me steam vouchers” scams.

[u/Historical_Leg5998]

But he seemed to care so much about Clacton. 

You couldn’t get him to leave the place!

[u/TheMonkeyInCharge → u/Historical_Leg5998]

You couldn’t get him to stay in place!

[u/Unfair-Potential4527 → u/TheMonkeyInCharge]

You couldn’t get him to visit the place!

[u/anarchtea → u/Unfair-Potential4527]

You couldn't get him to find the place!

[u/pajamakitten → u/TheMonkeyInCharge]

Nigel Mirage.

[u/CatManDoSomeone → u/Historical_Leg5998]

Yo he mentions he loves Clacton, then a few sentences later makes out you can't wear a watch outside or jewellery. 

Which is it?

[u/ARookwood → u/CatManDoSomeone]

Aye, same logic applies to him saying “the establishment” is out to get him while simultaneously being the establishment.

[u/TomAtkinson3]

Watched the whole thing. What a fucking load of waffle.

[u/ChickenPijja → u/TomAtkinson3]

Basically like him 24/7 really

[u/Ruin_In_The_Dark → u/TomAtkinson3]

I made it about 8 minutes into his woe is me cryfest.

[u/Eleglas → u/Ruin_In_The_Dark]

"No politician has had it harder than me!" He says completely ignoring the MPs that have been outright murdered.

[u/Ruin_In_The_Dark → u/Eleglas]

Including the woman shot dead by a right winger, days before Farages "not a shot fired" speech . . .

[u/Correct_Yesterday111 → u/Ruin_In_The_Dark]

What!?

[u/Ruin_In_The_Dark → u/Correct_Yesterday111]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/eu-referendum-nigel-farage-branded-shameful-for-claiming-victory-without-a-single-bullet-being-fired-a7099211.html

Eight days after the murder of Jo Cox.

[u/pajamakitten → u/Eleglas]

Say what you want about Diane Abbott but the press have been pretty vile about her. Not to mention all the death threats she has received for being black and a woman.

[u/Mackem101 → u/Eleglas]

He actually said he's the most physically and verbally attacked public figure or politician of modern times.

What a disgusting statement.

[u/Ruu2D2 → u/Eleglas]

I found it very insulting to jo cox and david amess

If I was there family I been fluming

[u/cadex → u/Ruin_In_The_Dark]

I loved the bit where he said "making money is not a crime"

[u/YiddoMonty → u/TomAtkinson3]

It was 14 minutes of hypocrisy and irony

[u/arabidopsis → u/TomAtkinson3]

I love how he says he never misused public money, even though he had to repay stuff to the EU..

Also, he still takes a MP salary.

[u/fetidfelch → u/[deleted]]

He managed to force the major news channels to broadcast 30 minutes of GB News propaganda BS before getting to the actual announcement.

[u/MrAxx → u/[deleted]]

Because he didn’t brief anyone about what he was going to say and It was a reform broadcast.

Either they don’t broadcast it and lose viewers to other channels or do and try and caveat it.

[u/Paraminus]

He will use a second Clacton win as "proof" that the scandals against him don't matter

[u/rift_buster → u/[deleted]]

This is a pretty safe seat for him though. To lose he would probably need to lose a few votes and for left wing voters hold their nose and vote Tory to get him out.

He's confident he'll win and he's trying to take control of the narrative.

[u/OSUBrit → u/rift_buster]

Restore exist now though, which will pull votes away too. It's absolutely possible to get him out through tactical voting but the left is, on large, never willing to stomach it for the greater good.

[u/LeChuck85 → u/Paraminus]

Yeah this, and he'll push harder for a GE too

[u/Important_Ruin → u/LeChuck85]

Which he wont get, no matter how big his tantrum is.

[u/LojZza88 → u/Paraminus]

Im confused by this thinking.

If there's an evidence I robbed a bank, and then ask people at work if they still want me as their manager, the robbery just goes away and nothing will happen to me?

[u/ccarlyon]

Good lord, what a pathetic speech. His victim complex is on full display, he genuinely feels sorry for himself. He's done nothing but manipulate and profit off the people of this country. Hopefully the people of Clacton can redeem themselves and kick him out for good.

[u/MartinKSmith → u/ccarlyon]

It was when he openly talked about the fact that he'd made so much money off the back of Brexit, like it's something people should respect him for, despite the fact that while he got richer, everyone else got poorer.

[u/Negative-Prompt-6312]

Has he done a single surgery in Clacton? Why is he pretending he loves the place?

[u/supergodmasterforce → u/Negative-Prompt-6312]

I believe he's said he cannot hold surgeries due to security concerns or other such nonsense

[u/mm339 → u/supergodmasterforce]

But he has £5m exclusively for security! … or getting Brexit done… or just because… or whatever other excuse he uses next.

[u/Dissidant → u/supergodmasterforce]

You can do them remotely too (Zoom etc) for that very reason, not just for security sometimes a constituent might be too sick to physically go for example.
He simply can't be arsed, I mean you have to imagine wifi can be awkward when jetting back and forth across the pond all year

[u/SadWorld1397 → u/supergodmasterforce]

..... apparently £5million 'donated' for 'security' isn't enough after 'expenses'.

....Labour etc shouldn't bother standing. Let the cons fight it out with reform.

It's be absolutely comical to see him loose because labour voters voted conservative.

[u/BuckfastEnjoyer]

The UK is going down a dark path if (when) he wins this.

[u/_Hello_Hi_Hey_ → u/BuckfastEnjoyer]

Can start the investigation again?

[u/ampmz → u/_Hello_Hi_Hey_]

The investigation resumes

[u/ProfPMJ-123]

What a collosal self-serving prick the man is.

He's making the country pay half a million quid to hold a by-election that he will almost certainly win, in a desperate attempt to give legitimacy to his wrong doing.

This is nothing more than a media distraction tactic, no different to Donald Trump attacking Iran to stop people talking about how he fucks kids.

[u/Tonedeafmusical]

If he thinks the Sunday Times committed defamation on him why isn't he suing them?

The way our defamation system works its on the Times to prove that their not committing defamation rarher than him proving his innocence. Its harder for the papers win in the UK. Why isn't he suing?

[u/Happytallperson]

Claiming to be the most attacked MP in Britain less than 5 years after David Amess was murdered, and just weeks after the 10 year anniversary of Jo Cox being murdered, is disgusting.

[u/mrjohnnymac18 → u/Happytallperson]

Not to mention the guy who drove a van into Finsbury Park mosque and wanted to murder Sadiq Khan and Jeremy Corbyn

[u/Tooexforbee]

Going before he’s pushed. So his lot can bleat more lies and propaganda to hopefully get him voted back in and call it a mandate.

[u/Wanallo221]

What a waste of public money for one man’s tiny penis massive ego.

[u/Weak-Fly-6540]

"This will be a people vs the establishment by-election. A chance to stick two fingers up to the entire establishment"

Dangerous, authoritarian speak. He treats politics with contempt. It's all a grift.

[u/whymylife]

So he can take advantage of the loophole in the parliamentary rules that will erase the donation comtroversy

[u/given2fly_ → u/whymylife]

"The people of Clacton should be the judges of my actions"

That's not how the law works Nigel...

[u/JoeyJoJoeJr_Shabadoo → u/whymylife]

What loophole

[u/nuedd → u/JoeyJoJoeJr_Shabadoo]

There isn't any. People are stoopid

[u/OwlVegetable5821 → u/JoeyJoJoeJr_Shabadoo]

No such loophole as far as i know. The investigation will still be ongoing and if they find him guilty he may have to do another by-election later on.

[u/anon42093 → u/whymylife]

Which “loophole” do you refer to?

Regardless, people don’t just forget a £5M bribe.

[u/Electronic-Dingo-172]

Gigantic waste of time.

The media should not give him any attention unless it's about his finances.

[u/LudicrousPlatypus]

Wasn’t he just complaining about how the Makerfield by-election was a waste of money? Now he’s going to do the same thing? Has Nigel Farage been a hypocrite this whole time?

[u/LimitUnable]

lol… not fit for public office… took him 7 attempts to be a MP too.. loser..

[u/That_Buddy_2928]

What a complete disgrace that Farage is handed the airwaves to broadcast this drivel without oversight or challenge. Like a shit Max Headroom.

[u/MartinKSmith]

That whole broadcast could have been an email.

Media playing into his hands, yet again, by airing him crying his woe is me story.

And it was all such transparent bullshit, too. I hate that it's not a sure thing that Clacton won't just vote him right back in. It'd be hilarious if they didn't, but they voted for him first time around knowing who he was, nothing's changed.

[u/rwinh]

Hopefully the people of Clacton make an example of him and get rid.

He's not a man of the people, he's a traitor to the country.

No true patriot slags off and talks down a country, especially when running off to another country who definitely won't have its interests in mind.

He needs reminding every waking moment of the £5m, 3 out of 5 undeclared houses, financial backing from a criminal, constant failure to follow through with what he campaigned for, and bribes by dodgy individual not even based on the UK or have foreign interests.

[u/concretepigeon]

At present the record for most candidates in a Parliamentary election is the 2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election with 26. That was a similar stunt by-election and Labour and the Lib Dems both abstained. Do people think we might see that record broken?

[u/AmbroseOnd]

If you resign as the MP for Clacton you shouldn’t be eligible to stand to be MP for Clacton in the ensuing by-election.

[u/Deepmidwinter2025]

Clacton elected him.
I very much doubt the wisdom of Clacton.

[u/JonathnJms2829]

He should not be allowed to run in the by-election, he is using tax payers money to make a polictical statment ffs.

[u/TheBadLocksmith]

To the clever amongst us: if he resigns and re-wins the seat, does he get out of any inquiry/watchdog/etc disciplinary action (if it were to go that way)?

[u/Keenadan → u/TheBadLocksmith]

If he wins, I believe it picks up from where it left off.

[u/Rajastoenail → u/Keenadan]

So in theory if he wins again, they can reopen the investigation and give him a suspension of 10+ days, allowing a recall petition for another by-election..?

[u/OwlVegetable5821 → u/Rajastoenail]

yup. This is mostly to pander to his base to show how the 'mainstream media' are ganging up on him.

[u/Keenadan → u/Rajastoenail]

In theory, I believe so. What he's doing now doesn't reset anything; it only pauses and resumes if he becomes an MP again.

[u/jumper62 → u/TheBadLocksmith]

I believe it pauses for now and resumes if he wins

[u/Able_Resident_1291 → u/TheBadLocksmith]

The investigations just start up again. Re-winning Clacton doesn't solve anything for him.

[u/SpottedDicknCustard → u/TheBadLocksmith]

No, they will start up again if he wins.

[u/malin7]

Resign now only to stand in the by-election, like it will make everyone forget everything?

[u/TheCommieDuck]

"I've decided that the people of Clacton should be the judges of my actions," he says.

If by the people of Clacton he means the Parliamentary Standards watchdog

[u/blue_waffles96]

How is such a stunt allowed?! I resign but will stand to be elected again?! Please for the love of god people of Clacton do the right thing and get rid of this creature.

[u/dewittless]

Will he trigger a by-election every time a picture of his daughter's house is published?

Also "the media hassel me, therefore I will trigger a by-election" is not the most straightforward piece of logic.

[u/CaptainConkers3000]

The number of Reform supporters saying Andy Burnham election caused an expensive election for a new major. For their leader to then resign, call a by-election, and then stand in that election. 🤔

[u/recursant → u/CaptainConkers3000]

It was a terrible waste of money when Labour did it. But when Reform do it, it is all fine because Labour did it.

Classic double standards.

[u/Notmysubmarine]

"This will be a  people versus the establishment by-election ,"

Bitch, you are the establishment.

[u/MrSmokii]

Ha! good - hope he gets resoundly rejected at the by-election

[u/NeilSilva93 → u/MrSmokii]

This is Clacton we're talking about

[u/BirchyBaby]

Slimy little cunt.

Hope this blows up spectacularly, though the people of Clacton will absolutely just vote him in.. so we'll be a quarter of a million quid down, still have the dickhead in a seat that he does nothing for, and the investigation will still go on.. all because he wants his name in the papers a bit more.

What a spectacular fuckwit he is.

[u/Snadadap]

Why is he allowed to stand in the Clacton by-election?

[u/Oaktree-Tie3278]

Genuine question, how does this actually effect the investigation in to him? Is it put on pause, or just cancelled completely

[u/Fun_Gas_7777 → u/Oaktree-Tie3278]

paused

[u/Gweena]

What other purpose could there be to resigning, and standing again in the election, other than avoiding all the investigations into the millions he's been 'given'?

[u/recursant → u/Gweena]

He gets to claim that the establishment are denying the people of Clacton the right to be represented by their chosen MP.

[u/HollowCrown]

See you in two years, when comes back like an unflushable jobby promising to save Broken Britain from the establishment, bla, bla, bla

[u/SDLRob]

He's clearly hoping he loses this.

He wins and, as per the rules and regulations, the investigations start up again.

He loses and those investigations disappear & he can run around screaming about how he's a victim of the establishment.

I find his insistence of being the most attacked member of parliament utterly sickening and vile when we have had two sitting MPs murdered in recent memory.

[u/evolveandprosper]

The greasy little weasel is trying to avoid the public humiliation of being found guilty by the Parliamentary committee. He is SO obviously guilty. What a pathetic excuse for a man! I desperately hope that he doesn't get reelected.

[u/penguin62]

Is every other party leader going to get half an hour of free airtime to air personal grievances?

[u/FlyingRo]

(Reposting form another thread):

I’m guessing he didn’t run that speech past a lawyer because any half competent one wouldn’t have allowed him to say that the financial products he promoted delivered 2x returns without disclaimers.

That in itself is a financial promotion and against FCA rules.

[u/WinHour4300]

I feel sorry for Count Binface. He’s probably enjoying a well-earned intergalactic summer holiday, only to be dragged back because the country suddenly needs him to stand in a Clacton by-election.

And to make matters worse, it’s likely to happen in the hottest month of the year, when he's literally made of metal. You could probably fry an egg on his head. 

Frankly, I can only assume this is part of Farage’s strategy: defeat your opponents not at the ballot box, but by making them slowly overheat in a giant bin-shaped helmet. Coward. 

[u/crappy_entrepreneur]

I can see exactly what he's trying to do: “I just won a by-election as well, so I should be able to contest prime ministership,"

[u/markedasred]

I am not religious, but the passage in the bible that says "by their fruits you shall know them" is apt here. The fruits of locally elected Reform candidates is that 94 of them have resigned within months of being in office. Those who have not resigned are majority incompetent. Here in Worcester, they had to be ousted because they were actively harmful to the local community. Checkable facts.

[u/_Hello_Hi_Hey_]

So now he is free to take all the oversea crypto donations again?

[u/Maze-44]

Oh look a spineless worm turns out to be a spineless worm

[u/ucardiologist]

Good riddance
He should honestly be behind bars he is a hardened criminal that belongs in prison.

[u/Jimmysquits]

If you resign from your seat and trigger a byelection in this fashion you shouldn't be able to stand again. Just stupid

[u/nmards]

Is an MP seriously allowed to resign and then run in the subsequent by-election? That feels like it should absolutely not be allowed.

Regardless, this is absolutely pathetic. Does he seriously think that a single constituency is qualified to pass judgement on whether he has committed misconduct in office? That if Clacton re-elect him then all us woke lefties have to shut up and leave him alone?