Nigel Farage – leader of the anti-immigration Reform UK party – will be fighting for his parliamentary seat on Thursday, going head to head with parody candidate Count Binface in snap polls. The by-election was called after Farage resigned amid a probe into his finances. But the surprise move threatens to backfire as none of the major political parties has fielded a candidate.
Farage resigned as MP for Clacton-on-Sea on 8 July amid a probe by the parliamentary watchdog into his finances, freeing him up to call a by-election.
