Nigel Farage to step down as MP for Clacton!

Why

Possibly because he is an attention seeking ego maniac? I would have thought people on this forum might be able to work that out.

Wants the electorate to double down on their support for reform after the media repeatedly try to accuse him of wrong doing and he's very angry about "The Times" publishing a picture of where his daughter lives and Sky news hounding her, he's very very angry.

An Independent MP or run as the candidate for Reform? Apart from being infamous as the MP for Clacton I think Mr Farage has done nothing tangible or good for Clacton and the people of Clacton. All he's done is to self-promote and live a life of Riley using political funds.

yep and as we all know most politicians have the peoples interests at heart!

Andy Burnham about to walk into No 10 as PM wasn't even an MP when Labour produced their mandate and thinks the most important thing is devolution!

Farage might be too clever for his own good.

Standing down to fight a by-election, even if he wins, will not stop the standards inquiry into his undeclared payments. So we might end up with:-

Farage resigns.
Farage wins by-election.
Standards committee triggers a recall petition which triggers a by-election.
Farage has to fight and win a second by-election in a couple of months.

Mr Farage could be the only candidate for this election in Clacton. The genuine Clacton by-election will be after the investigation and determination of the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner (PSC) on his undeclared "gifts" by a crypto-billionaire and a convicted fraudster.

I hope the other major political parties will not contest the Clacton by-election in August (possibly funded by Reform) until after the PSC have completed their investigation on these donations.

Stewarts , apologies,  didn't see this thread

impossible123 has his wish.

Tories & Labour & Restore will not take part in Farage's gimmick by-election so it will be Nigel Farage vs Count Binface.

Absolute clown show because he won't listen to advice.

Mr Farage could be the only candidate for this election in Clacton. The genuine Clacton by-election will be after the investigation and determination of the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner (PSC) on his undeclared "gifts" by a crypto-billionaire and a convicted fraudster.


1000/1 you know just 1 person in Clacton

It looks increasingly likely Mr Farage will contest his own seat against Count Binface (who?) and the Green Party. Labour, Conservative and LibDem are absentees, according to the betting market.

An own goal by Reform, and Mr Farage. Credibility = Zero

According to Oddschecker Farage was 1/6 with William Hill (now 1/7) - how much are they allowing at that price, presumably a tenner if you are lucky? Everyone knows it's a certainty. Pleased all the major parties have withdrawn and pulled the rug from under Farage's attention seeking stunt. He continually plays the multi-millionaire 'man of the people' act and the not so great British public are stupid enough to fall for it, but for how much longer?

Instead of asking the police, HMRc, standards committe to judge him, he is leaving it to the electorate of Clacton.
WAC

leif the racist, probably one of the 50 smashing his car in as he left his local.

dd, the reason other parties are not fielding candidates is that they know they couldn't win.

It would actually be a good thing if Count Binface was to win because he would fit right in at the HoC with all the other perennial losers.

7.8 Bin head ,2 runner race  , Nigel Likes a bet

He does not want to Pm Anyway , Could well be a Cr00ked heat

A real life Dunny on the Wold maybe

Nigel played a blinder here, the only person who can beat him is a bin and what do you put rubbish in everyday, a bin

leif -- "Instead of asking the police, HMRc, standards committe to judge him..."

That's the daft part. If Farage wins, he will still face the parliamentary standards investigation when he gets back, which might lead to yet another Clacton by-election. Farage's stunt does not make the investigation go away, it just delays it a few weeks.

Do you not think if he gets the electorate to come out in large numbers and give him a resounding victory,e.g 60%+ of the electorate the establishment parties would lose a lot of support if they have another election?

Would you vote for him if you're a Clacton electorate? Someone who was "gifted" £5m - no string attached apparently. I think MPs need to be deselected and bar from becoming an MP if a sitting MP fails to declare a personal "gift or donation" whilst in public office and receiving a wage from the taxpayers.

Was a Labour MP not benefited from a "donation" of an expensive property in London by her aunt or relative who was deposed as the leader of Bangladesh not long ago? She pled ignorance, but resigned from a junior ministerial post but not deselected or barred from public office.

I think most of the Clacton electorate would vote for him,this coming election and the next one,if there is one..in fact would the required no. in Clacton vote to deselect him?

The £5 million gift was given before he became an MP, he asked Parliament when he became an MP if he needed to declare the gift and was told no he didn't  as it was a personal gift and not a donation to Reform UK. You all need to wake up and realise the establishment are not coming for him they are coming for us.

He's the only hope to clean up the country...it's in a mess anyway but wait for a few weeks of ultra woke"king of the north"and even more clueless ministers than we have now..I'm thinking of asking Donald to come and liberate us..

Jul 9, 2026 -- 9:55AM, impossible123 wrote:

Would you vote for him if you're a Clacton electorate? Someone who was "gifted" £5m - no string attached apparently. I think MPs need to be deselected and bar from becoming an MP if a sitting MP fails to declare a personal "gift or donation" whilst in public office and receiving a wage from the taxpayers. Was a Labour MP not benefited from a "donation" of an expensive property in London by her aunt or relative who was deposed as the leader of Bangladesh not long ago? She pled ignorance, but resigned from a junior ministerial post but not deselected or barred from public office.

young female Labour mp fled the country didn't she? I don't believe she is sitting around updating her LinkedIn but could be wrong

Farage is very lucky 'Niqab-face' hasn't been created to stand against him for this stunt
He would still win, but the even extra scrutiny and damage and attacks would finish him off.

LOL. Reform activists are being diverted from the Manchester mayor election (to replace Andy Burnham) where Reform have a good chance, in order to prop up Farage's vanity poll in Clacton.

Winning the mayoralty would deal a huge blow to Labour and Burnham. Clacton, well, Farage will win anyway and only the margin is in question. Then we can do it all again in the autumn.

Is there no-one with even half a clue?

Guardian story on activists being re-routed:-
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/09/reform-activists-manchester-farage-clacton-byelection-contest

I do not believe a total stranger would give £5m to Mr Farage unless there's a verbal reason for the "gift". Mr Farage could use the £5m as a "severance" pay.

The Labour MP Ms Tulip Siddiq whose aunt was the PM of Bangladesh for yonks, then ousted, absconded to a foreign country and later charged with embezzling state funds of over $1bn. Ms Siddiq pled ignorance, but refused to return to Bangladesh to answer charges levied by the Bangladeshi government.

UK Plc is being used as a conduit or facilitator by an MP of the UK to fraudulently obtain an expensive property from a deposed, crooked and corrupt leader of Bangladesh.

Thank you Impossible

Her aunt Sheikh Hasina, the corrupt and former PM of Bangladesh, is living in India - a neighbouring country. How charming!

Why did this corrupt despot choose India and not a civilised country like Singapore, Japan, Australia, France, Germany or even Saudi Arabia or UAE?

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LOL. Reform activists are being diverted from the Manchester mayor election (to replace Andy Burnham) where Reform have a good chance, in order to prop up Farage's vanity poll in Clacton.

A good chance ? Reform have been 12s or bigger all week on here ( even before NF's announcement ).

Reform have no chance in pretty much any mayoral election since the electoral rules were changed a few weeks back (because Reform). Disclaimer: I may be lacking half a clue

Reform in or out they have the circus shaking……

This is a bigger gamble than it appears. You can get an internet message go around get Farage out, if there is a poor turnout, he could get ousted. Brexit got over the line, I voted in favour of leaving, however feel we won the vote owing to apathy and nobody believing that the leavers could win. If all the younger people got off their rears and voted for a joke, he could lose. Do I think he will LOSE...NO.

I personally would vote for Count Binhead as his policy on recycling is much more coherent.

Has anyone noticed that you never see Count Binhead and Starmer in the same room. I reckon he is so desperate to be a leader again, Count Binhead is Starmer.

ASF has a point.

Thank you.

ASF - Leave won the referendum due to voter apathy ?

The turnout was 72% - higher than any General Election of the last 30 years.

Dixie I voted for it and would again, however there was apathy and did help. When people have a cause they are more inclined to make the effort. Thats life. Happened in the local elections for Councillors, so may thought our local lad was a shoe in so left it to everyone else to vote. Everyone else did not vote and he missed out. The house next to us had Remain in the window, and said my ilk were wrong. Admitted later, despite the rhetoric, 4 adults none voted.