Nigel Farage has, in the words of one constituent in Clacton, “gone full conspiracy theory” in explaining to voters there why he has called his surprise by-election.
A look at the local Facebook pages and other forums shows that the contest against Count Binface – and more than 30 other candidates – with all the other main parties boycotting “a fake by-election” is not giving Mr Farage the full support and acclaim he may have hoped for in the Essex town and villages he hopes to represent again.
