The Reform UK leader’s hopes of turning the contest into a battle “against the establishment” in tatters as all other major parties boycott the vote, leaving comedic candidate Count Binface as his leading rival

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

The resignation will trigger a by-election in the coastal electorate of Clacton, which Farage says he will contest.

"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

It comes after the Reform UK leader confirmed reports in The Independent that he had discussed walking away from politics altogether as pressure piles up over his undeclared…

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 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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Farage's rivals will not contest the Clacton by-election. Farage winning at 94.6% YES.

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.

With the main parties refusing to run in Nigel Farage’s ‘fake’ by-election, the alternative candidate who promised to have people who play loud music on public transport to be…

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UK News: As Britain's major political parties boycott the upcoming Clacton by-election, social media has turned the contest into a meme fest, with \"Vote Binfac.

Kemi Badenoch accuses Farage of ‘fake by-election’ as independent parties left to take the Reform leader on

Reform UK leader dubbed the vote as the ‘people versus the establishment’ but no other major parties will contest the Clacton by-election

British anti-immigrant politician Nigel Farage faces the embarrassing prospect of going head-to-head with perennial joke candidate Count Binface in a snap election after he…

The shock announcement that he was stepping down came as Farage is the subject of a parliamentary probe over the non-disclosure of a €5.8 million donation from a Thailand-based…

His byelection stunt shows he is clearly rattled by a perilous position. Wildcards rarely endure: his future is behind him, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Main parties boycott vote as distraction ploy, leaving only a satirical challenger