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Nigel Farage resigns as an MP to fight for a seat he already had

► Sir Keir Starmer has slammed Nigel Farage’s announcement that he is quitting as an MP – but will stand in a by-election for a seat he is vacating – as a “desperate stunt” by someone “up to his neck

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Farage is the establishment.
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ALL IN IT TOGETHER.
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Should not of tried to be smart he has shown himself to be a con merchant
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Resign NOW.
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Let's see whose side the main electorate are on. The Clacton by-election will be the first test. The gloves are now off.
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How embarrassing, he quit and is going to have to campaign, have a bi election alone and straight after land back in the investigation. All that extra work for nothing. 😂
I bet Trump advised him to do this😂
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The people of Clacton are not representative of the UK public!
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Nope, not falling for this hypocritical outrage!
Im still voting for him 😊
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If it's the people vs the establishment, why aren't all existing Reform MPs holding by-elections as well?
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Guy Fawkes had the RIGHT IDEA......THEY ARE ALL ROTTEN TO THE CORE
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You would think Farage would be sick of copying his hero, Mr Trump
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If you don't like the microscopic scrutiny that comes with being a prominent politician QUIT!
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Will we be expecting all the other dodge mps to resign next, those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, or is it just reform thats being made a scape goat. Oh and am not his fan or reforms, but how can poloticians for decades become multi millionaires while employed as ministers
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Can you define what the establishment is and why it is out for Farage. It is the position of politics, the opposition are always out to get you, what makes Farage exempt from scrutiny of other MP's and the press. Same for Starmer, same for Badenoch. To be clear Farage is required to provide information regarding donations/gifts within a year of becoming an MP yet Nigel Ferrari thinks he is exempt from scrutiny.
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The gloves are off
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Anything that rocks established politics makes this 72yr old warm inside. I trust none of them.
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He was pissed. His brain is wet from all the alcohol. He’s the establishment! What a disgrace.
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Arguing that Fromage is no more corrupt than other MPs is hardly an endorsement.
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FFS Lee Anderson complaining that a separate political party actually opposed his leader Nigel Ferrari. Please Clacton kick him out.
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Why did they go to Newcastle under Lyme instead of Clacton?