AIBU to think Farage should answer to voters, not media scrutiny?

Agree.

Along with those who should bear responsibility for the failings over Covid.

Well, immigration, asylum hotel use and small boat crossings are substantially down under this government, which is pretty good.

Please point to any politician who is doing a good job
to add doing a good job not just vaguely waffling about the great things they will do -I’m pretty sure the electorate have a good idea what needs done

@Smokeywater Farage is already in Parliament as MP for Clacton. Mind you, I can see why you wouldn't know that, given that he is never in Parliament or in Clacton.

Well, Farage isn't a half-decent politician, is he?

His political instinct was to claim that Liz Truss' budget was "the best Tory budget since Thatcher"; we all know how that turned out.

He also wanted to be straight in there invading Iran for no purpose whatsoever, until he realised the entire general public was against it.

His political instinct was to take a £5 million bribe from a foreign interference. And then, to distract from that, he launched a publicity stunt driven by the election because he thought that was going to stop the parliamentary investigation, without seemingly realising it would continue.

So please tell me. What political instincts does he have that are positive? That are PROVEN to work and uplift everyone in this country? Because from what I can see, every single piece of policy he's come out with has been focused on taking something away from people, or making life harder for people.

I don't "hate" anyone and you give yourself away with your use of "leftie" there are as a supposed insult. People are allowed to vote for who they like.
How is this ok though?! Someone who bangs on about "foreign interference" (Brexit, anyone?) and then this hits the headlines 😕

Nigel Farage is facing fresh criticism on the eve of the Reform UK party conference after some of his team were filmed appearing to plot to avoid electoral laws on foreign donations in an undercover investigation broadcast by Channel 4 News

www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/03/reform-officials-plotted-to-break-law-on-foreign-donations-in-undercover-film?CMP=share_btn_url

This is a wind up right

Seems the only viable party for the right is the conservatives. Hopefully their ratings will start to go up now

I think a lot of people who vote reform don't understand or care where the money comes from. Because the boat people.

I don’t get all this hatred -I think it’s cos the leftie media are scared he’ll get into parliament - point to a half decent politician please who makes the best decisions for the country -none for 20+ years

But Farage is a media construct. He has done nothing of any use to anyone.

Sadly, you're right.

The Farage supporters will bat this away with claims of "they're all as corrupt as each other".

We've seen it all before with Trump and MAGA. These populist leaders can do whatever they like and get away with it, and they just brush off the evidence against them as fake news.

Their followers either don't give a shit because they want their far right agenda to be enacted no matter what the cost, or else they are sadly stupid enough to be taken in by it.

Your sarcasm knows no bounds.

I have no idea how to vote on this thread.
Do I respond about the OP's actual words (YABU) or the OP's intended message (YANBU).

Perhaps I should ask the good people of Clacton? They obviously understand voting far better than I do.

Indeed. The BBC is only there to critique the other parties.

Are you saying Farage in particular should not have to follow the law, or does that apply to all MPs?

Which laws can he ignore, is he allowed to murder someone and then just call a by-election?

Thing is people who blindly vote for them just don't care though. Doesn't matter what he does, they'll explain it away, call "fake news", or just go off on an incoherent rant about "lefties".

Backed up by non stop positive coverage from the BBC

Why even bother with an election? Reform can just get that nice polling company to do some rigged polling and then the Daily Telegraph can credulously report on it

This is going to go right over the heads of Reform voters. As a rather delightful analogy I saw someone post yesterday said - “as thick as a Boxing Day turd” 😂

Just watched the documentary, wow if his head doesn't get kicked to the kerb I will be surprised. Blatant bribery , the whole party are scum

You are right, OP. The great and informed people of Clacton are showing extraordinary discernment in thinking they are well represented by a man who has turned up in Westminster fewer than 10 times, holds no regular constituency surgeries and who doesn't have the courtesy to turn up to the count of a by-election called only so he could prove a point. Exemplary public service from Nigel, after a distinguished career in the European Parliament, an institution to whose destruction he has for decades been dedicated.

Bet the people of Clacton are regretting not going with Binface. How long until the next Clacton by-election? Surely it can’t be far off after this!

No, it should not be for the voters to decide.
it should be a jury in a court of law.