Nigel Farage v Count Binface: Six key quotes trashing Reform leader ahead of Clacton by-election The Reform UK leader resigned from Parliament as he faced a string of financial allegations Evening Standard · Jul 8
Millions of pounds and many, many questions: the untold story of why Reform figures face NCA scrutiny Exclusive: The details behind the financial transactions that bankers have flagged up to the National Crime Agency The Guardian - UK · Jul 8
Farage quits Commons to fight in by-election boycotted by rivals The Reform UK leader’s main opponent in the Clacton by-election is likely to be Count Binface. Evening Standard · Jul 8
Nigel Farage breaks silence on by-election chaos and Count Binface run NIGEL Farage has responded to his only confirmed opponent in the by-election he triggered amid scrutiny over his finances is joke candidate Count… The National (Scotland) · Jul 8
Andy Burnham mocks Nigel Farage with 'Count Binface' jibe over Clacton by-election The Reform UK leader resigned from Parliament as he faced a series of financial allegations Evening Standard · Jul 8
More Reform UK transactions worth millions reported to National Crime Agency Exclusive: Bankers have raised potential money-laundering concerns over loans and donations involving senior party figures The Guardian - UK · Jul 8
Betting odds slashed for Count Binface beating Nigel Farage in Clacton by-election BOOKMAKERS have slashed the odds of Count Binface beating Nigel Farage in the upcoming Clacton by-election ... The National (Scotland) · Jul 8
Could Count Binface deliver 'triple embarrassment' for Nigel Farage at Clacton by-election? The Reform UK leader quit as an MP as he faces a series of financial allegations Evening Standard · Jul 8
Nigel Farage’s £5m gift from crypto billionaire reported to National Crime Agency Reform UK leader has resigned as an MP and has triggered a by-election, which he intends to contest The Independent UK · Jul 8
'Farage knows he's in real trouble': Latest on Reform UK leader as £5million donation saga takes fresh twist ‘I think he senses that he is in real trouble and has taken action to try and get in front of that’ - Dan Jarvis Evening Standard · Jul 8
Nigel Farage's £5m gift reported to UK crime agency over money laundering fears A £5 MILLION gift from a cryptocurrency billionaire given to Nigel Farage was reported to the National Crime Agency by bankers over fears it may… The National (Scotland) · Jul 8
‘Farage by-election disrespects the people of Clacton’, minister claims The Reform UK leader has announced he plans to trigger a by-election, as he faces close scrutiny over gifts and support he has received. Evening Standard · Jul 8
Wednesday briefing: How Farage’s byelection gambit may already have backfired In today’s newsletter: Reform UK’s leader has quit as Clacton MP to set up a ‘people v the establishment’ vote over his financial record. Here’s what happens now The Guardian - UK · Jul 8
Farage is likely to win in Clacton but can his credibility survive? While the Reform leader casts himself as the victim questions about his finances are unlikely to disappear The Guardian - UK · Jul 8
Evening Standard · Jul 7 Farage by-election bid risks backfiring as main parties will not contest vote The Reform UK leader said he would quit as an MP as he came under further scrutiny over his finances.
The Economic Times · Jul 7 UK hard-right leader Nigel Farage resigns as MP to force snap vote in finances row The unusual move comes as Farage, whose Reform UK party leads national opinion polls, faces mounting pressure over the non-disclosure of gifts, including allegedly from a convicted fraudster. "I've decided that the people of Clacton should be the judges of my actions," Farage said in a televised address, referring to…
The Independent UK · Jul 7 Parties reject by-election triggered by Farage amid scrutiny over his finances The Clacton MP said he had done nothing wrong as he accused Westminster opponents of using sleaze investigations as a ‘political tool’.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 7 Nigel Farage accused of ‘desperate stunt’ after quitting UK parliament in face of financial scrutiny Reform UK leader says he has ‘never been angrier’ as he triggers byelection – but critics say he is ‘up to his neck in sleaze’
The Conversation · Jul 7 Nigel Farage’s donations: four key claims fact checked by an expert in political finance It was prototypical Nigel Farage. A cryptic announcement that a statement is about to be made, a wholesale hijacking of the news agenda hinting at a “will he won’t he?” state of affairs, followed by a blistering attack on “the establishment” (or, at least, Farage’s conception of the establishment), and…
Evening Standard · Jul 7 Nigel Farage resigns as MP to fight Clacton by-election after intense scrutiny over his finances The Reform UK leader is set to step down in his Clacton constituency in protest and then fight the subsequent by-election
The Independent UK · Jul 7 Farage’s resign and restand by-election plan branded ‘desperate political stunt’ It comes after the Reform UK leader confirmed reports in The Independent that he had discussed walking away from politics altogether as pressure piles up over his undeclared donations
The Guardian - UK · Jul 7 I’m rich – defend me, be happy for me, says Farage to poor voters in Clacton. They are just his collateral damage The Reform UK leader’s ruse to head off scrutiny by forcing a byelection may work, but it’s all about him: no one else gains anything from it, says Guardian columnist John Harris
The Guardian - UK · Jul 7 Why Farage is quitting as an MP amid scrutiny over gifts – but will stand again Reform UK leader is to force a byelection in his Clacton seat as he reveals he faces a second parliamentary inquiry
Evening Standard · Jul 7 Nigel Farage: Why Reform UK leader's by-election 'stunt' won't get him off the hook Labour, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats, the Green Party and Restore all say they won’t stand a candidate in the ‘sham’ by-election
Evening Standard · Jul 7 Farage quits as MP to trigger by-election amid scrutiny over his finances The Reform UK leader said he would be judged by his constituents in Clacton.