A humiliated Nigel Farage faces a summer “fighting a bin” as Rachel Reeves confirmed she would not block his resignation as an MP, allowing him to fight his by-election in Clacton.
But the Reform UK leader’s hopes of turning the contest into a battle “against the establishment” were in tatters as all other major parties announced they would be boycotting the vote, leaving comedic candidate Count Binface as his leading opponent.
