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Five-million Farage has flounced out of parliament in order to pause the investigations into his alleged corruption, but other major parties are refusing to contest the resulting by-election, potentially leaving him facing Count Binface as his biggest rival. With the British public's love of the underdog and refusing to do what's expected - remember Boaty McBoatface? - I wouldn't bet against it being Count Binface MP soon.

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[–] Seimhe@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

It's impressive to see the other parties unified in their strategy, which also seems to be a smart one. I heard Zack Polanski say (can't remember when) that the people of Clacton need to reject Farage, so I wondered if they were running a candidate, but that's not the case either.

[–] moderatecentrist@feddit.uk 1 points 3 hours ago

Maybe they're not unified because they believe in a common good, but instead because it serves the interests of each of them to see Farage make a fool of himself and potentially lose support in the polls

[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Five Mil Froggie is gonna claim they're bullying him by not ganging up on him.

[–] mjr@infosec.pub 3 points 7 hours ago

Reform UK Ltd MPs are already trotting that line out in morning TV interviews.

[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

They already said they aren't fielding a candidate there.