Clacton Voters Must 'Have All the Facts' Before Farage’s by-Election Gamble, MPs Say

Nigel Farage's gamble finally exposed the establishment's utter contempt for voters – Paul Embery

If I were Nigel Farage, I wouldn’t have resigned my seat and forced a by-election. I can see why, having concluded that the allegations of impropriety being levelled against him were part of a Whitehall stitch-up, he felt the need to do so. After all, for any politician under fire, no verdict is ultimately more convincing or legitimising than one cast by the electorate at the ballot box.But there was always a risk that things might not pan out a…

‘Farage doesn’t care about Clacton – but I’ll still be voting for him’

Nigel Farage’s resignation has triggered a sudden by-election in Clacton, where he hopes to give voters a chance to ‘stick two fingers up to the establishment’. Harriette Boucher headed to the seaside town to find out what his constituents really think

Clacton voters must 'have all the facts' before Farage’s by-election gamble, MPs say

Clacton voters must “have all the facts”, MPs urged, as Nigel Farage’s shock decision to resign as MP for the town and fight a by-election for…

'Nigel Farage just took a huge risk - he must stop one thing happening'

The Reform UK leader has taken a massive gamble, writes Whitehall Editor Jonathan Walker.

I went to Clacton - Nigel Farage might have made a bigger gamble than he thinks

EXCLUSIVE - Nigel Farage has taken a big risk in forcing a by-election in Clacton. He's got a lot of supporters - but it's harder to find fans who will defend him through thick, thin and months of turning their town into a circus

A month in the spotlight? Nigel Farage’s Clacton gamble

Nigel Farage has triggered a political earthquake by quitting as an MP – but is he trying to get ahead of an inevitable scandal? Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy unpack why Farage has called a by-…