Alex Forsyth

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Newscast · Nigel Farage Resigns As MP · 7 Jul 2026 podcast

That's now paused because this by-election has been triggered. voice-verified

But that doesn't mean it's ended successfully. voice-verified

So if Nigel Farage gets re-elected as the MP for Clacton, that investigation could resume. voice-verified

And it's my understanding, and greater minds than me, including that of the esteemed Chris Mason, can correct me if I'm wrong, but actually that even if Nigel Farage doesn't get elected or re-elected as the Clacton MP after the by-election, that inquiry could still resume and reach a finding at the end of it. voice-verified

Yeah, and the Conservatives have said they won't stand a candidate because they think that that parliamentary investigation should be allowed to run its course. voice-verified

And then if there were to be a by-election after that, they'd stand in that, but they're not standing in this one. voice-verified

And then Restore Britain, which is the party set up by Rupert Lowe, who was, of course, a former Reform UK MP himself. voice-verified

They've said they won't stand a candidate in this by-election for very similar reasons that the other parties are saying. voice-verified

The Green Party have said the decision would be made by their local branch, so the Clacton branch of the Green Party. voice-verified

But they do contest by-elections in their words, although Zach Polanski, the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, has been pretty scathing about the actions of Nigel Farage today. voice-verified

Well, I mean, let's make no bones about it. voice-verified

When there is a by-election campaign, and by-election campaigns by their very nature attract more attention than an election would in the normal cycle because it's on its own as opposed to one of many. voice-verified

And when you get a by-election campaign with a high-profile candidate standing, exactly as we saw with Andy Burnham in Makerfield, and as we will see with Nigel Farage in Clacton, voice-verified

It does get a lot of attention and it therefore does allow the people who are contesting that election to have their kind of message broadcast through the papers or social media or old school broadcast journalists like us kind of loud and clear. voice-verified

And I suspect, you know, obviously this decision by Nigel Farage to deliberately trigger this by-election wouldn't have been made without careful consideration. voice-verified

And one of the considerations he omitted. voice-verified

inevitably would have given it, would be about trying to, as Chris said, seize the initiative. voice-verified

And also, I think, you know, get reform back on the front foot after there have been these questions over Nigel Farage and his finances. voice-verified

And Nigel Farage is in his happy place when he's campaigning. voice-verified

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