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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox

Farage’s by-election gamble is a last ditch attempt to save his dying dream of being prime minister

Nigel Farage’s career has never been short of drama, and today he was back where he enjoys being most: the centre of the political stage.

In an extraordinary development, the Reform UK leader is putting all he has fought to achieve on the line by stepping down as an MP and calling a by-election in his Clacton constituency.

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