Nigel Farage is fighting to reclaim his Clacton-on-Sea parliamentary seat on Thursday, just weeks after resigning amid a parliamentary probe into his finances. The Reform UK leader is expected to win the Essex by-election, but the contest has taken an unusual turn with parody candidate Count Binface emerging as one of his most prominent challengers.
Farage resigned as MP on 8 July, triggering the snap poll and temporarily halting the parliamentary investigation into his financial affairs. He then announced that he would stand again, presenting the election as a battle between voters and what he called the establishment.
