To not understand why Farage hasn’t been forced out yet?

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Let’s call a spade a spade…

when a person takes multiple ‘gifts’ from various shady sources they aren’t nice presents from one kind person to another. They. Are. Bribes.

Regardless of whether we agree with Nige on any of his policies, or that a woman is a woman or whatever else…

surely it’s clear the man is a crook?

listening now , think he is fighting . Having a go at the press . Don’t think he is resigning ?

Why has he kept quiet about these attacks? Why not go to the Police? They say he never contacted them about his supposed house attack.

Why has he gone in so much about money when he has repeatedly said no one cares about it?

The house where his daughter lives HAS been used in a photo with himself standing in front of it. That's an absolute lie. That was refuted on X earlier today. And I suspect the house is owned by himself, not his daughter.

All a bit wild..

Resigning as mp - new
by election . Creating more division .

People versus establishment by election according to him.

Well what an absolute self-serving waste of time and money that is.

Basically, he called this to have a moan and say "everyone is picking on me" and create more division. What a disgusting swindling charlatan.

Tell me you've received dodgy gifts that won't stand up to scrutiny without telling me.

It might be quicker just to get some taxpayers money and just burn it on screen. Save everyone a lot of time.

Is there anyone serious in politics any longer? What a total farce.

Totally agree. Disgusting waste of people’s money.

The contrast of Reform going to the people with Labour appointing a King is very stark. It will keep the focus on Reform rather than than Burnham's coronation. If Labour loses he will use it to constantly say that Burnham has no mandate.

Political genius. If it works... which is questionable..

I genuinely hate to be right when I says he'll call a by-election.

Reform voters, do you not see it yet? It's all about HIM. He doesn't think the rules for MPs should apply to him.

Just like the king of the north..... Except the king cost us £1m for a mayoral election too!

WHAT a windbag! Farage went on and on and on, before he got to the point. He is resigning. Good.

I don't necessarily like what happened in Makerfield BUT Burnham was not the existing sitting MP in Makerfield. He wasn't an MP at all. Farage is the sitting MP for Clacton, with a large majority. There is no need for him to resign and stand again.

He should either have resigned completely and not stood again, or leave things as they are.

The thread is here.

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

2024 Clacton numbers https://electionresults.parliament.uk/elections/3392

Reform have doubled their UK polling average since May 2024 (14%to 28%)

There is no way on earth Nige rolled the dice without knowing he's going to win - and he will, and be unassailable when he does, and quite capable of forcing a general election after that....

I know who I would rather have running the UK economy - it's certainly not, "more of the same shit that never works" Burnham.

I'd quite like someone who can count to twenty without removing their socks in charge - It's the economy. It's always the economy.

and quite capable of forcing a general election after that....

Absolute bollocks, as I said to you on the other thread. And if you think a man that takes million pound gifts, consorts with and takes money from a convicted criminal, is about to waste £300k on a pointless hissy fit by-election and potentially another £300k on another by-election before the end of the year is a sensible and suitable person to run the economy I have a bridge to sell you

He's a petulant, grifting twat.

A dirty fucking criminal, and a traitor in the hands of foreign interests, like the other ReformUK former leader doing times for taking Russian bribes.

How anyone who supports that Party has the nerve to waive a Union Jack is beyond me.

consorts with ... a convicted criminal

To be fair, Keir Starmer has consorted with convicted criminals: his shadow education minster until April 2022 spent time in prison for 'wilful fire raising' (deliberately setting fire to hotel curtains), plus Louise Haigh is a convicted criminal.

Losing Makerfield won't have helped. Especially as (a) he didn't campaign there (so a clear message to Reform candidates they are now on their own.

Farage campaigned in Makerfield on at least two occasions that I am aware of. On one occasion there was a hoo-ha because he turned up at the same community centre as Andy Burnham - at the same time.

Look at the coutts debacle. Everyone remembers that they refused him account because of the memo or his views. Nobody remembers the reason it actually being shut. Which was a mixture of him no longer meeting the criteria and him being in the public eye/politics with known dodgy links.

This is incorrect. The eligibility criteria was a red herring. Whilst the subsequent report commissioned by NatWest claimed the exit decision was 'predominately a commercial decision - supported by Farage’s public statements on various issues', the report's summary made clear that the Coutts Eligibility Criteria was not a relevant factor in the decision (I read the report).

I remember pointing out at the time that Farage opened his account with Coutts many years/decades before the £1m criteria was introduced for new customers - I suggested that there would be many legacy customers under the old criteria. In addition, Coutts had only recently acquired a Scottish private bank (2022) and agreed to take on its customers who fell below the Coutts new customer criteria. Indeed, I notice from this article in the FT (Nov 2025) that only around two-thirds of Coutts customers meet the eligibility criteria - the remainder pay a monthly fee;

https://www.ft.com/content/3801a76b-6f29-4adb-ad80-2571e068f900?syn-25a6b1a6=1