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Happy Thursday! Voters in the English seaside town of Clacton choose today among a record 34 candidates for a single seat in Parliament, printed on a ballot 3 feet long. The favorite is Nigel Farage, who resigned the seat last month and is now running to succeed himself.
James P. Sutton is a Morning Dispatch Reporter, based in Washington D.C. Prior to joining the company in 2024, he most recently graduated from University of Oxford with a Master’s degree in history. He has also taught high school history in suburban Philadelphia, and interned at National Review and the Foreign Policy Research Institute. When not writing for The Morning Dispatch, he is probably playing racquet sports, reading a history book, or rooting for Bay Area sports teams.
