Farage beats Bin, but Westminster Awaits: why Clacton is a trap, not a triumph
https://www.thecanary.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Morgan-2026-08-14T105400.825-720x540.jpg" width="720" />Nigel Farage has claimed victory in Clacton against a comedy recycling bin.
But beneath the hubristic headlines lies a party mired in dodgy donor networks, an expanding ethics probe, and the very real prospect of a recall petition.
On paper, Farage will point to the raw arithmetic of the ballot box.
In a summer contest […]
By https://www.thecanary.co/author/ranjan-balakumaran/">Ranjan Balakumaran
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