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Farage resigns as MP and vows to fight Clacton by-election
If I were a resident of Clacton-on-Sea I'd be furious at Farage for wasting everyone's time with this by-election. Old Frogface has clearly learnt all the wrong lessons from Andy Burnham in Makerfield.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0ly51kzdz3o
Nigel Farage says he will resign as MP for Clacton and stand in the subsequent by-election, after facing intense scrutiny over financial support he has received.
But the Conservatives, Labour, Restore Britain and the Lib Dems have ruled out standing candidates against him, in an effective boycott by his main opponents.
Farage has been under investigation from Parliament's standards commissioner since May after not declaring a £5m gift he received from a billionaire Reform donor before he became an MP.
Farage's resignation will mean the ongoing investigation by the standards commissioner into the £5m gift is suspended. It will be resumed if Farage wins the by-election and returns to Parliament. One possible outcome of a standards investigation is a suspension which triggers a recall petition. This process enables an MP to be removed and a by-election triggered if 10% of eligible registered voters sign a petition.
But the Conservatives, Labour, Restore Britain and the Lib Dems have ruled out standing candidates against him, in an effective boycott by his main opponents.
Farage has been under investigation from Parliament's standards commissioner since May after not declaring a £5m gift he received from a billionaire Reform donor before he became an MP.
Farage's resignation will mean the ongoing investigation by the standards commissioner into the £5m gift is suspended. It will be resumed if Farage wins the by-election and returns to Parliament. One possible outcome of a standards investigation is a suspension which triggers a recall petition. This process enables an MP to be removed and a by-election triggered if 10% of eligible registered voters sign a petition.
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so stranger things have happened.
Not sure I understand the boycott of the by-election by the major parties. I mean, I could understand it as a tactic if the intention was to give as few rival candidates as possible a chance to beat Farage, but it's not clear that's the case.
Or perhaps they'd prefer Farage to win, then have to go back to parliament to face the music all over again. If so, I hope his constituents enjoy a succession of by-elections.
