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The problem the other parties have if that Clapton voted for Farage. At least in Clacton there is some appetite for what reform or pushing, obviously they are being sold on a lie but that's not important.
Farage has obviously done his homework and concluded that there is still support for him in Clacton. So given the outcome of this election is a foregone conclusion, and is basically just a media circus, isn't the better option simply not to engage. If the people of Clacton have already spoken, and said they don't want to be represented by the conservatives, or labour, or the greens, or the liberal democrats, they want to be represented by reform, what is the point in relitigating that?
What will be meaningful is if he is recalled, that will indicate to the parties that there is some appetite in Clapton for change. Farage just announcing that he's resigning for his own personal reasons doesn't indicate a desire for change on behalf of the constituents.