Active discussions

Help protect children from gaming harms.

Take our survey

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

So, my postal vote arrived for the Clacton by-election...

195 replies

Username19893847477374 · 28/07/2026 12:21

It will take a moment to be visible I imagine, but there are over 30 candidates standing. Many not seriously, as we know. What a farce.

So, my postal vote arrived for the Clacton by-election...
OP posts:
New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Thread gallery
11
5128gap · Today 17:06

Darker · Today 16:59

Depressing to see that the polls are predicting a big win for NF despite everything.

Show quote history

The outcome has always been a certainty. The journey there has proved to be a pleasant compensation. I'd rather he had a humiliating win after a summer of jokes at his expense than just a win. So BF is still a hero.

Darker · Today 16:59

LlynTegid · Today 16:49

Agree about those who don't vote. Not just those who think all politicians are the same (self-serving etc).

If young people had voted as many in proportion as those over 60, we would not have had Brexit.

Show quote history

Depressing to see that the polls are predicting a big win for NF despite everything.

LlynTegid · Today 16:49

Darker · 03/08/2026 12:50

Our only hope is that there are enough people who want him out and are prepared to turn out to vote for count Binface on the day. Any other vote would be wasted.

So many people believe there is no point in voting.

Show quote history

Agree about those who don't vote. Not just those who think all politicians are the same (self-serving etc).

If young people had voted as many in proportion as those over 60, we would not have had Brexit.

NototerrorismIntheUK · Today 16:45

What are the deletions for? Not really followed all the thread

NototerrorismIntheUK · Today 08:31

This reply has been deleted

Post removed as it contains personal information of another user. MNHQ.

Darker · Yesterday 21:58

This reply has been withdrawn

This message has been withdrawn at the poster's request

Userxyd · 03/08/2026 21:31

Omg imagine if John Steven’s Rejoin EU won? 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Darker · 03/08/2026 12:50

CountBinfaceForPM · 03/08/2026 12:18

A new survey by Survation for Mandate Research suggests Mr Farage would win 73 per cent of the vote on a low turnout when constituents head to the polls later this month.

😠

Our only hope is that there are enough people who want him out and are prepared to turn out to vote for count Binface on the day. Any other vote would be wasted.

So many people believe there is no point in voting.

Borborygmus · 03/08/2026 12:23

Darker · 28/07/2026 12:41

A lot of lost deposits….

It would make my day if Farage lost his.

CountBinfaceForPM · 03/08/2026 12:18

A new survey by Survation for Mandate Research suggests Mr Farage would win 73 per cent of the vote on a low turnout when constituents head to the polls later this month.

😠

FuzzyPuffling · 03/08/2026 11:57

Come on Binface. Come on Clacton.

Darker · 03/08/2026 11:04

Just seen a video of Nigel begging people to come to Clacton to boost turnout on the day.

Darker · 03/08/2026 11:00

More money has been going on count Binface all along… i think the bookies are expecting to make a packet on it.

SerendipityJane · 03/08/2026 09:38

Darker · 03/08/2026 09:17

William Hill odds have shortened again to 9/1.

For Binface ?

Means more money is being put on him. It's up to us to divine why.

Darker · 03/08/2026 09:17

William Hill odds have shortened again to 9/1.

SerendipityJane · 02/08/2026 11:57

Darker · 02/08/2026 10:52

So easy to get those £5 mil bungs mixed up.

We've all done it. Any jury would agree.

Darker · 02/08/2026 10:52

So easy to get those £5 mil bungs mixed up.

SerendipityJane · 01/08/2026 16:14

Darker · 01/08/2026 16:07

But the £5 million is for personal use. Security. Ferraris. Helicopter rides.

Of course. This is probably a different £5,000,000. As Nigel told the Telegraph podcast in Clacton yesterday (he spoke to them, and they spoke to voters, but he didn't for some reason).

Anyway, as he told them, so many people give him money its hard to keep track of, and sometimes forms don't get filled in (or out) as expected.

Darker · 01/08/2026 16:07

But the £5 million is for personal use. Security. Ferraris. Helicopter rides.

SerendipityJane · 01/08/2026 15:17

Darker · 01/08/2026 15:07

William Hill odds lengthened to 10/1 on Count Binface. What’s going on?

A lot of money going on Farage ? Say £5,000,000 ?

Darker · 01/08/2026 15:07

William Hill odds lengthened to 10/1 on Count Binface. What’s going on?

Darker · 01/08/2026 12:56

Well, Reform can focus on Clacton now that Manchester is lost….

SerendipityJane · 30/07/2026 18:53

Uricon2 · 30/07/2026 18:37

NF applied a self inflicted wound when he started this, didn't he @SerendipityJane . I think even just looking at previous numbers he is potentially in more trouble than he anticipated, which makes him thick as well as arrogant and odious.

You can boil all the adjectives down to one:

greedy.

Uricon2 · 30/07/2026 18:37

NF applied a self inflicted wound when he started this, didn't he @SerendipityJane . I think even just looking at previous numbers he is potentially in more trouble than he anticipated, which makes him thick as well as arrogant and odious.

SerendipityJane · 30/07/2026 18:32

5128gap · 30/07/2026 18:26

If the local independents have worked hard on their campaigns they could do OK. I think they are an attractive option for people who see their town seriously, don't like the joke, and don't like Farage either.

Show quote history

Farage not only needs to win. He needs to win on a scale like Burnham recently did. That means he needs to poll more than all the other candidates put together (just like Burnham did).

Falling short of that just invites an embarrassing "So how many votes did you win by ?" preface to every single answer given to a (or, given past performance) the question Farage gets to ask in the HoC.

The UK constituency does not currently require the winning candidate to secure more than 50% of the votes. But it sure as hell helps in lectures about the will of the people.