Reform’s Fleet Street ‘spoilers’: tactic party deploys to get ahead of stories Richard Tice’s NCA leak claims are not first time Reform has gone to the Telegraph in relation to a problematic story The Guardian - UK · Jul 8
Count Binface on Clacton byelection: ‘I didn’t know old Farage was going to self-detonate’ ‘Perhaps it’s all a fever dream,’ suggests parody candidate, expected to be Reform leader’s only challenger for seat The Guardian - UK · Jul 8
‘Farage doesn’t care about Clacton – but I’ll still be voting for him’ Nigel Farage’s resignation has triggered a sudden by-election in Clacton, where he hopes to give voters a chance to ‘stick two fingers up to the establishment’. Harriette Boucher headed to the seaside town to find out what his constituents really think The Independent UK · Jul 8
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
John Curtice verdict on whether Count Binface can beat Nigel Farage in by-election POLLSTER John Curtice has given his verdict on whether joke candidate Count Binface can challenge Nigel Farage in the upcoming Clacton by-election. The National (Scotland) · Jul 8
Farage seeks August 6 date for by-election which will be boycotted by rivals The Reform UK leader has come under scrutiny about undeclared gifts and financial support. Evening Standard · Jul 8
How Malcolm Offord's bizarre defence of Nigel Farage fell apart live on air MALCOLM Offord launched a bizarre defence of Nigel Farage claiming that major parties refusing to contest the by-election he triggered to deflect… The National (Scotland) · Jul 8
Farage’s Clacton by-election gets go-ahead as Reeves declares: ‘I won’t stop him arguing with a bin’ The Reform UK leader’s hopes of turning the contest into a battle ‘against the establishment’ in tatters as all other major parties boycott the vote, leaving comedic candidate Count Binface as his leading rival The Independent UK · Jul 8
Bin tactics. At times like these, only a Zia perma-rage defence of Nige will do Reform keeps Tice on the bench, sending in attack specialist Yusuf in effort to take back control as byelection stunt unravels The Guardian - UK · Jul 8
Voices: ‘He IS the establishment’: Readers give their verdict on Nigel Farage’s resignation YOUR VIEWS: The Reform UK leader says he’s sticking two fingers up to the establishment – but our readers aren’t buying it. Here’s their verdict on his resignation stunt and the £5m question hanging over him... The Independent UK · Jul 8
Farage v Count Binface as controversial Clacton by-election given go-ahead IN FULL The Independent 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
The National (Scotland) · Jul 8 Who is Count Binface? Meet the man planning to run against Nigel Farage Count Binface, the alter-ego of comedian Jon Harvey, has emerged as a surprise candidate to be the leading challenger against Nigel Farage in Clacton
Evening Standard · Jul 8 Suella Braverman heckled after criticising councils over ‘fashionable fads’ Some members of the cross-party audience in Bournemouth interrupted her and others walked out as she criticised them.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 8 Bank of England governor says he is ‘able to spot’ lobbying after Farage crypto meeting Exclusive: Andrew Bailey says no policy changes were made as a result of pressure from crypto tycoon-backed Reform leader UK politics live – latest updates
The National (Scotland) · Jul 8 Former Tory MSP is working with Reform in the Scottish Parliament A FORMER Tory MSP is advising Reform UK in the Scottish Parliament after leaving frontline politics.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 8 Farage told me he would quit politics after Brexit. Now, mired in scandal, he should do it and mean it His byelection stunt shows he is clearly rattled by a perilous position. Wildcards rarely endure: his future is behind him, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
Euronews · Jul 8 Reform UK leader Nigel Farage's rivals rule out standing in Clacton by-election The shock announcement that he was stepping down came as Farage is the subject of a parliamentary probe over the non-disclosure of a €5.8 million donation from a Thailand-based crypto-currency billionaire.
Evening Standard · 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
The Guardian - UK · 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 Independent UK · Jul 8 Why Nigel Farage’s future lies in Rachel Reeves’ hands The chancellor has been urged to use her powers to block Farage’s resignation until official investigation into the Reform UK leader’s £5m gift from a crypto-billionaire is complete
The Independent UK · Jul 8 Farage’s by-election stunt could see him consigned to the dustbin of history ANALYSIS: Political editor David Maddox says Nigel Farage has failed to learn lessons from history – and it could result in career-ending embarrassment for the Reform UK leader
Evening Standard · 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