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Today with David McCullagh · Nigel Farage wins UK By-election, what happens next? · 14 Aug 2026 podcast

First, we're going to go to Clacton and talk about the by-elections in the UK. voice-verified

Nigel Farage has won that by-election, which was boycotted by major Westminster parties. voice-verified

The Reform UK leader took over 63% of the vote, while Count Binface came second with almost 27% of that vote. voice-verified

Today the voters in Clacton have stuck two fingers up at the entire voice-verified

Political establishment. voice-verified

That's what Farage said at a rally overnight. voice-verified

So has Mr. voice-verified

Farage been vindicated by his decision to trigger this by-election? voice-verified

And can this victory really put an end to questions about his finances? voice-verified

To discuss this, I'm joined by John Tong, Professor of British and Irish politics at Liverpool University, and Lucy Fisher, who is Whitehall editor with the Financial Times and host of the Financial Times podcast Political Fix. voice-verified

You're both very welcome to the show. voice-verified

Good morning. voice-verified

John, to come to you first, in the end Farage had a comfortable win, taking sixty-three point three percent, two-thirds of the vote, a greater uh share than he won two years ago in the general election. voice-verified

Some in Reform UK have seized upon this as evidence that his decision to trigger this election was indeed justified. voice-verified

What do you say to that? voice-verified

Yeah, so Nigel beat a bin could be the headline on this. voice-verified

Lucy, uh Nigel Farage not present actually at the count, he said that he had received advice not to attend on foot of a security threat. voice-verified

But this morning police in Essex have denied giving any advice on that. voice-verified

Yeah, John, I mean it was certainly one of the most bizarre by elections in British political history, and all of this as a result of Nigel Farage resigning as the MP for Clacton back in July. voice-verified

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