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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

Nigel Farage accused of ‘desperate stunt’ after quitting UK parliament in face of financial scrutiny

Count Binface (left) and Nigel Farage
Election veteran Count Binface (left) and Nigel Farage could be the only candidates contesting the byelection called by the latter. Composite: Shutterstock/AFP/Getty images

Flanked by union jack flags, with a spectacular view of the City of London behind him, Nigel Farage said he had “never been angrier”. In an address that was billed as a “statement on my future in public life”, the leader of Reform UK, the rightwing, anti-immigration party that remains ahead in most national polls but which has been dipping recently, said he would not tolerate any more of it.

“It seems to me that the establishment have now decided that they can’t beat us fairly, so they’ve chosen to use foul means,” Farage said.

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