Show Notes
Reform UK's Nigel Farage will compete against a record 33 candidates in the Clacton by-election in August in a political gamble for the politician after he resigned as an MP amid controversy over his finances.
Farage is facing an investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards over an undeclared £5 million gift from a crypto investor. The Reform UK leader is also facing scrutiny over his professional relationship with George Cottrell, a man convicted and imprisoned over fraud charges in 2017.
Farage denies any wrongdoing and is now seeking to regain support from his former constituents in Clacton-on-Sea in Essex.
But his main competition will not be representatives from the UK’s major parties, who have boycotted the election, it will come from a satirical candidate, the self-described “intergalactic space warrior”, Count Binface.
Farage has taken a massive gamble, will his ambitions of political leadership be thwarted by a man in a costume?
Joining Enda Brady for this discussion:
Cindy Yu Columnist at The Sunday Times
Scarlett MccGwire Former Labour Party Adviser
Charlie Rowley Former UK Government Adviser
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