Tapsfield suggested Farage's 'genuine anger' over media scrutiny into his finances may have got the better of him, leaving the Reform leader facing an 'embarrassing summer'.

The Reform UK leader said: “This will be a people versus the establishment by-election.”

Nigel Farage has resigned as an MP and will recontest his Clacton seat in a by-election amid mounting scrutiny over financial donations and an ongoing parliamentary standards…