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Nigel Farage’s popularity is plummeting. In Clacton, voters say they are losing faith

ON THE GROUND : Nigel Farage’s popularity is at its lowest point since the 2024 election, and next week he faces a by-election of his own making. Nicole Wootton-Cane speaks to voters in Clacton about why they are losing faith in the Reform UK leader

The Independent UK · Aug 5

‘It’s Wizard of Oz stuff’: Clacton voters divided over Farage byelection

Voters’ views range from adulation to scepticism to outright cynicism over contest triggered by sitting MP

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11

What Clacton’s history tells us about Farage’s by-election chances

The Clacton constituency, on the coast of Essex in eastern England, has had an eventful history

The Independent UK · Jul 7

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Reform campaign for Farage’s Clacton seat was a ‘juggernaut’, say candidates

Defeated Tory and Labour rivals describe force of Reform ‘machine’ as police assess claims of overspending

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2025

UK general election 2024 results: Five key takeaways

Key takeaways, from Starmer’s Labour Party win and the Conservative Party’s fall, to Reform winning seats.

Al Jazeera · Jul 5, 2024

Nigel Farage elected Westminster MP at the eighth attempt as Reform UK leader wins Clacton

Reform UK leader comfortably beats Conservative incumbent Giles Watling with 21,225 votes - a majority of 8,405

Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2024

Nigel Farage elected Clacton MP as Reform UK wins four seats

Party leader to join its chair, Richard Tice, former Tory Lee Anderson and former Southampton FC chair Rupert Lowe in Commons

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

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Bad actors or conspiracy theories? The inside story of Farage’s battle for Clacton

Tory MP Giles Watling and Farage’s election agent Peter Harris give the inside story on what really happened with Andrew Parker and the P-word row

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2024

Revealed: how Sunak dropped smoking ban amid lobbying from tobacco firms

Investigation details industry campaign including legal threats and charm offensive aimed at Tory MPs

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2024

‘Britain’s on its knees’: The broken UK town backing Nigel Farage

Clacton, with high unemployment and low immigration, looks set to finally deliver the right-wing populist to parliament.

Al Jazeera · Jun 25, 2024

‘He’s for English people’: Farage’s populist pitch gains traction in Clacton

The Reform UK leader appears to be capitalising on widespread alienation from mainstream politics in the Essex town with a heavily anti-immigration campaign

The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2024

Labour in position to stop Farage becoming an MP, campaign group confirms after collapse in Tory vote

Clacton gave Tory MP Giles Watling a huge majority of 24,702 in 2019 – now it may be a straight race between Labour’s Jovan Owusu-Nepaul and Nigel Farage

The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2024

General Election 2024 seats: Who will be my MP in...Clacton with Nigel Farage standing?

Evening Standard analysis of key seats for the July 4 General Election

Evening Standard · Jun 11, 2024

Why Clacton is the perfect place for Farage to launch his bid to eclipse the Tories

He failed seven times to enter the House of Commons, but this time Nigel Farage may have found the perfect place from which to launch the next chapter in his political career, says David Maddox

The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2024

Campaign catchup: Farage running, Starmer bombing, Sunak sinking

In today’s newsletter: Our daily election round-up launches with Nigel Farage’s unerring ability to force everyone to talk about him

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2024

The Rwanda bill passing could be just the start of Sunak’s troubles

Problems in the Lords, further legal challenges and the alienation of centrist MPs and voters may await the prime minister

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023

Foie gras should be banned from Parliament’s menus as symbolic gesture, MPs hear

Conservative MP Giles Watling said he would raise the symbolic ban on the controversial food with Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2023

Clacton-on-Sea: the ‘forgotten’ town that voted for Brexit

Residents of the Essex coastal community with the highest proportion of economically inactive people in the UK discuss the reality of living on the edge

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Daily Record · Oct 27, 2022

Tory MP claims calls for Scottish independence being driven by 'likes of Mel Gibson'

Giles Watling, MP for Clacton, told the House of Commons he had been "fortunate enough to work in all four corners of this great Union".

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2022

Braveheart’s Mel Gibson ‘helping to fuel calls for Scottish independence’ – MP

Conservative MP Giles Watling suggested a second referendum should not be allowed until 2039.

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022

MP calls for marine licenses to be issued by local councils

Giles Watling said the current licence issuer, the Marine Management Organisation, is ‘not fit for purpose’ with too much centralised power.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2022

I’m a TV star … how Mordaunt’s celeb past could help in race to be PM

Whereas once it was a black mark, now a history in light entertainment can benefit an ambitious politician

Daily Mirror · May 10, 2022

MPs blast unaired 'get the Tories out' BAFTA speeches criticising Johnson's Government

BAFTA winners Dennis Kelly and Kayleigh Llewellyn used their acceptance speech platforms to share their disdain at the Government's handling of the Covid pandemic

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