Farage resigns as Clacton MP and will contest the by-election

So given the profile of Clacton its looks like the greatest chance of keeping Farage out will be a conservative candidate.

Clacton Constituency Election Results (2010–2024)

• 2024 General Election
• Winner: Nigel Farage (Reform UK)
• Majority: 8,405 votes (18.3% margin)
• 2019 General Election
• Winner: Giles Watling (Conservative)
• Majority: 24,702 votes (53.6% margin)
• 2017 General Election
• Winner: Giles Watling (Conservative)
• Majority: 15,828 votes (36.6% margin)
• 2015 General Election
• Winner: Douglas Carswell (UKIP)
• Majority: 3,437 votes (7.8% margin)
• 2014 By-Election
• Winner: Douglas Carswell (UKIP)
• Majority: 12,404 votes (35.1% margin)
• 2010 General Election
• Winner: Douglas Carswell (Conservative)
• Majority: 12,068 votes (28.1% margin)

Because he's a lying, untrustworthy charlatan? I mean, he stood down his Brexit party MPs to help the Tories, filled his party with ex-Tories, and thinks the electorate (or a tiny part of it) should use the ballot box to 'send a message to the Establishment'.

What message? We don't like political leaders subjected to proper s rutiny?

The Establishment? He's been part of it his entire life!

Funny how he now wants the electorate to have a say when he's not asked or expected any of his ex-Tory MPs to hold a by-election when they defected.

Hypocritical charlatan.

Do I think many of the others are phenomenal politicians? No. Do I think he's better than the others? No, he's far worse.

Prick.

(I have nothing of substance to add to this discussion!)

Ok, well how about, say £5m vs £250k.

“The majority of the Country likes”? Dream on!

Surely it should be easy to stand one anti-corruption candidate up against him. Maybe he hopes to lose because he sure as hell hates doing the actual job of being an MP. Being a PM, with the even more relentless scrutiny than he gets now, would be excruciating for him. He needs to be a permanent victim. That's all he's got.

The polling will be known won’t it, someone put it below

You can't mandate away an investigation. People don't get to vote on whether another person should face legal proceedings for breaking the law. Resigning from his own job only to apply for it again is just typical Reform histrionics.

it's not unfathomable. He says things the majority of the country like, so he gets on telly. You may not like him. Great. but it's not unfathomable at all, thats you in your echo chamber

A pipe dream, I know, but I SO WISH somebody would discover some legally binding reason that would rule him out of the race!

In theory, but this isn't his first outing at the resignation rodeo (resigned from UKIP, resigned from Brexit party). He is the unflushable turd, he wasn't an MP for years and yet he still had an unfathomable amount of airtime and influence.

Two wrongs etc.

it's not and there is a very good chance he will cause a general election costing quite a lot more

oh and drive the country into a ditch

Yes. But. When everyone available is a twat - the one that is least twattish, tends to get elected.

Labour - awful
Conservatives - 14 years of awful
Green - woman hating suicidal empathy lovers
LD - Ha.

So exactly why would people not vote for him?

Is anyone in Clacton? How do people there really feel?

Are they still pleased they voted for him or have they been disapppointed by his lack of visibility the consituency?

How have they responded to the £5m thing? Poor victimised Nigel or is there outrage that he only agreed to stand there after receiving this foreign money?

Have the other parties gained any popularity since the last election? Clacton has always leaned right, are the Conservatives more appealing now?

How do they feel about him stepping down before finishing the term, and the costs and resources involved with that?

Will he win?!

Good for him. Hope he wins

Burnham has caused 2 elections. How is that different

Yes according to AI a UK Parliamentary by-election in is estimated to cost around £230,000 to £250,000.

Please people of Clacton vote for someone else- just do some proper research. A starting point is to ask AI to please list all the times Farage has behaved inappropriately, and the sums of money involved on each occasion.

If he wins, there'll be no living with the smugness.

I think he'll put in a bit of effort, turn on the charm and spout a lot of rhetoric about how the Establishment (the one that he's part of) is out to get him.There's a good chance he'll win as unfortunately the percentage of the population that will turn out to vote will be the same as the last time as d who believe anything they're told.

Compared to Burnham - yes. You may tell me why Burnham is going to be better on the economy, of course.

Yes, there could be TWO by-elections in Clacton. At least half a million staffed up the wall. Yet some on here think he'd be good on the economy...

This is true. All the AB shenanigans is also costing a lot of money with 2 extra elections

I just posted on the other thread, what a slippery move this was by Farage.

"I have found the relevant paragraph in the Procedural Protocol of the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner:

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.

So, a very cunning move by Farage to call the by-election before the outcome of the investigation!!!! The investigation has to be suspended so the by-election takes place without the results."

quite capable of forcing a general election after that..

Absolute bollocks.