Nigel Farage called for a 'people versus the establishment' contest amid a flurry of questions about his finances and an undeclared £5million gift from a crypto-billionaire.

Farage said he would quit parliament and force a vote to get the electorate to back him over the "establishment".

From claims of undeclared donations and properties to lobbying the Bank of England on crypto policy, Mr Farage is facing scrutiny in four key areas

Reform party leader has faced intense scrutiny over his finances

"A chance to stick two fingers up to the entire establishment..."

Mr Farage must know that his chances of entering Downing Street are close to being extinguished and this is his last chance to move the dial – and that is the real reason for this…

Reform UK leader to stand down as MP for Clacton and run again in subsequent by-election, as he tries to get ahead of donations row

The Reform leader was determined to fight for the right to receive gifts from Thai crypto billionaires and convicted fraudsters

'This will be a people versus the establishment by-election,' Nigel Farage said during a televised announcement. 'It is a chance to stick two fingers up to the entire…

Editorial: The Reform UK leader wants voters to overrule parliamentary accountability. Labour should expose the trick, then offer a politics that works

Nigel Farage described the contest as "people versus the establishment", while opponents called it a political stunt to deflect attention from the allegations.

Reform UK leader says he has ‘never been angrier’ as he triggers byelection – but critics say he is ‘up to his neck in sleaze’

Within hours Mr Farage was left with egg on his face as political parties of all colours - including Labour, the Tories, the Liberal Democrats, and right-wing Restore - announced…

Reform UK leader will contest byelection in an audacious attempt to get ahead of two damaging scandals

Editorial: The Reform leader’s by-election stunt suggests that he is not the serious politician he so desperately claims to be

Comedian and “independent space warrior” Count Binface hails from a long line of British joke candidates.

While the Reform leader casts himself as the victim questions about his finances are unlikely to disappear

Will Nigel farage’s Clacton gambit see him win big, or could this be the one that backfires?

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has been snubbed by all main parties over his 'desperate' Clacton by-election stunt - with only Count Binface announcing he will stand against the…

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Nigel Farage called for a 'people versus the establishment' contest amid a flurry of questions about his finances and an undeclared £5million gift from a crypto-billionaire.