The Reform UK leader will not be present at vote count in byelection he has tried to frame as the ‘people versus the establishment’
Nigel Farage set for decisive but arguably empty victory in Clacton
More comments here from Nigel Farage saying he will not attend the byelection result after being told by Essex police of an “organised campaign” to disrupt it.
“Once again it shows you the sheer intolerance, the sheer loss of fundamental democratic principles that those that went before us, fought in world wars, to fight for and preserve,” he said at a Farage Fest event in Essex, quoted by PA. He added:
I’m not scared of these people, far from it. But I’m damned if I’m going to stand on a stage, having won a resounding victory, a ringing endorsement of all that I’ve tried to fight for, and you’ve tried to fight for, and be demeaned and humiliated by nobodies, and I will not sadly be attending the count.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/aug/14/clacton-byelection-nigel-farage-count-binface-reform-uk-finances-donations-investigation-latest-news-updates
Author : Adam Fulton and Tom Ambrose
Publish date : 2026-08-14 03:37:00
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