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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Jane Dalton

Polling guru warns Farage ‘can’t pull out’ after major parties boycott Clacton by-election

It’s too late for the Clacton by-election triggered by Nigel Farage to be cancelled – even though all of the main parties are boycotting it, according to a veteran elections expert.

The Reform UK leader is likely to win by a huge majority, Sir John Curtice predicted.

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