Yvette Cooper labels Farage’s by-election move a ‘political tantrum’ IN FULL The Independent UK · 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
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. Evening Standard · Jul 7
Nigel Farage Wants Pakistani Grooming Gang Ringleader Deported and Threatens Visa Ban if Pakistan Refuses Nigel Farage calls for Shabir Ahmed's deportation and threatens visa restrictions on Pakistan after the Rochdale grooming gang ringleader's release from prison. International Business Times UK · Jul 7
Polling guru warns Farage ‘can’t pull out’ after major parties boycott Clacton by-election Reform UK leader can’t cancel his resignation, says Prof Sir John Curtice The Independent UK · Jul 7
Reform's Robert Jenrick Brands Rival Parties 'Too Chicken' to Fight Nigel Farage in Clacton By-Election Nigel Farage's by-election announcement in Clacton faces a boycott from major parties due to an expense scandal, leaving Reform UK without mainstream challengers in a controversial electoral move. International Business Times UK · Jul 7
Morning Mail: recession fears ease, Nigel Farage’s resignation ‘stunt’, Messi’s great escape Economists says the impact of Middle East war will not be as severe as expected The Guardian - AU · Jul 7
Nigel Farage Resigns His Parliamentary Seat—and Is Standing for Election Again The Reform U.K. leader wants to reframe questions over his undeclared gifts as a “people vs. the establishment” fight. But a fresh mandate from Clacton won’t answer whether he followed parliamentary rules. Reason · Jul 7
Voices: Nigel Farage has finally shown his hand in a desperate bid to dodge scrutiny THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The Reform leader’s by-election stunt suggests that he is not the serious politician he so desperately claims to be The Independent UK · 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 Economic Times · Jul 7
‘My friends are very anti him’: Clacton weary at prospect of Farage byelection The Reform leader’s constituents voiced little enthusiasm for their MP, or for Westminster politics in general The Guardian - 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 Independent UK · Jul 7
Revealed: Farage’s £5m gift reported to UK crime agency over money laundering concerns Exclusive: Latest Guardian revelation about gift from cryptocurrency tycoon comes as Reform UK leader forces byelection The Guardian - UK · Jul 7
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’
International Business Times · Jul 7 Trump Ally Nigel Farage Turns Donations Inquiry Into Reelection Bid After Quitting UK Parliament Trump ally Nigel Farage resigns as a UK lawmaker amid a donations inquiry and launches a Clacton reelection bid framed as a fight against the establishment.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 7 The Guardian view on Nigel Farage’s byelection stunt: spectacle is not scrutiny Editorial: The Reform UK leader wants voters to overrule parliamentary accountability. Labour should expose the trick, then offer a politics that works
Evening Standard · Jul 7 Nigel Farage wins Clacton backing after announcing resignation as MP and by-election bid The Reform UK leader announced he would resign as an MP on Tuesday, triggering a by-election he will stand in
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…
The Independent UK · Jul 7 Clacton voters back ‘shining light’ Nigel Farage to regain seat after triggering by-election The Reform UK leader said he would contest a ‘people versus the establishment’ by-election in the Clacton constituency
The Independent UK · Jul 7 Backlash mounts over Farage’s ‘fake’ by-election in Clacton – what we know IN FULL
The Guardian - UK · Jul 7 Farage fact check: the truth behind five of his resignation statements The Reform leader made some punchy accusations in his video, not all of which stand up to scrutiny
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