UK: Farage gambles on by-election to silence critics

'Desperate stunt!' Keir Starmer accuses Nigel Farage of calling snap by-election for 'personal gain'

Sir Keir Starmer has accused Nigel Farage of committing a desperate stunt as he slammed the Reform UK leader. Speaking to reporters at a Nato summit in Ankara, Turkey, the Prime Minister slammed the party leader for declaring a by-election purely for his personal gain.The Prime Minister said: “This is a desperate stunt from Nigel Farage. It’s obvious why he is doing it. He is up to his neck in sleaze.Politics should be about improving the lives of millions of people, not about personal gain, not about hiding dodgy donations, and I think the public will see this for exactly what it is.WATCH THE CLIP IN FULL ABOVEOur Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter

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U.K. populist leader Farage to quit parliament, seek re-election after gift allegations

'This will be a people versus the establishment by-election,' Nigel Farage said during a televised announcement. 'It is a chance to stick two fingers up to the entire establishment.' Farage faces scrutiny over financial disclosures as his party continues to lead in polls

Farage's by-election gamble descends into farce: NO major party will stand against him because he faces another contest after sleaze probe

Farage's by-election gamble descends into farce: NO major party will stand against him because he faces another contest after sleaze probe

Nigel Farage is just ‘playing the game of politics’ like any other politician would

TalkTV Weekend Editor Phil Dave says Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage is just “playing the game of politics” as any other politician would. “The difference is what he’s doing is he’s actually using this opportunity to highlight to the British public what most politicians don’t want us to see, and that is just some of the dirty tricks that politicians play,” Mr Dave told Sky News host James Macpherson. “If we are picking on someone for receiving a donation here, then there are plenty of politicians that also receive very, very questionable donations. “It just so happens that this is a classic case of deflection.”

Another potential exciting by-election?

We are a long way from Nigel Farage being censured by the Commons authority let alone the threshold for a by-election being triggered so talk of a by-election is premature. What I find interesting from this article is the following (the bold is my emphasis) Farage has told friends that he is worried about the prospect of facing a by-election in the seat, according to an insider. Ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe has warned that his Restore party would throw everything... Read More Read More

Editorial: ​By-elections are unpredictable ... Nigel Farage's resignation move involves some peril for the Reform UK leader

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Andy Burnham’s wife and a completely invented social media story

A lie about the future PM dishing out public cash to a firm run by his wife is the most viral political story in the UK

Hannah Spencer vs Reform: 'The Maths Is Not Maths-ing'

What could be funnier than the idea that Nigel Farage is an honest man? On Newsnight, Green party MP Hannah Spencer faced off against Reform's candidate for London mayor Laila Cunningham – and laughed at the suggestion that Farage has been "very honest" amid a scandal over an undeclared £5m gift. Spencer said Farage’s decision to trigger and then stand in a new byelection – which he has presented as a referendum on his character amid allegations of wrongdoing – will be bad for his constituents. "What it does is it throws people in that constituency, who are already struggling, like so many people in the country, into further turmoil," Spencer said.

By-election triggered following Farage’s exit from parliament

By-election triggered following Farage’s exit from parliament

UK hard-right leader Farage faces new allegations over gifts

Hard-right British politician Nigel Farage on Sunday faced fresh allegations over non-disclosure of gifts after a newspaper reported a convicted fraudster paid for his security and staff before he became an MP. An MP said he had asked parliament’s standards commissioner to investigate the new claims against the leader of the anti-immigration Reform UK party, which is currently leading in opinion polls. Farage is already the subject of an investigation by the parliamentary anti-sleaze watchdog...

Folks in Farage's district stunned by his call for snap election

Many voters in Nigel Farage's district of Clacton, southeast England, were not supportive of his gamble to trigger an election for his own parliamentary seat. #News #nigelfarage #UK #Reuters #Newsfeed Read the story here: https://reut.rs/4p67cL2 👉 Subscribe: https://reut.rs/4b8fRGn Keep up with the latest news from around the world: https://www.reuters.com/ Follow Reuters on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reuters Follow Reuters on X: https://twitter.com/Reuters Follow Reuters on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reuters/?hl=en

A month in the spotlight? Nigel Farage’s Clacton gamble

Nigel Farage has triggered a political earthquake by quitting as an MP – but is he trying to get ahead of an inevitable scandal? Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy unpack why Farage has called a by-election in Clacton, and why none of the major parties are standing against him – with some describing it as []

Farage: Burnham Would Have Won Whichever Candidate We Stood

Farage discussed the lost Makerfield by-election on the Today Programme: “16,000 votes would win most by-elections, but we were of course hoisted by our own petard because effectively this campaign became vote Burnham to get Starmer out. So look, it was a landslide victory. Good for him.” He said Kenyon could not have been withdrawn

‘Desperate’, ‘cowardly’ and ‘like a toddler’ – what do MPs make of Farage’s resignation?

Each month, Farage becomes a greater liability for his own party. Gone are the days when he could be wheeled out in front of a crowd and watch Reform's polling skyrocket. He is a marmite politician now The post ‘Desperate’, ‘cowardly’ and ‘like a toddler’ – what do MPs make of Farage’s resignation? appeared first on Conservative Home.

Nigel Farage to resign, run again for Parliament in ‘people vs. the establishment’ by-election

Nigel Farage, sandbagged by investigations and hounded by the press over financial gifts received in the run-up to his seating in Parliament, is hoping his voters will help him shake off the legal woes with a redo. The leader of Reform U.K. is vacating his seat in the British Parliament amid yet another government investigation []

English fans' drinking gives Starmer-Burnham transition a headache

The outgoing and incoming prime ministers are already at odds over letting fans drink in the stands.

As Britain prepares to crown yet another PM, is it a battle of the vibes against Nigel Farage?

The UK has made quite a habit of crowning prime ministers at a dizzying pace. This time, it's Labour's last roll of the dice against Nigel Farage. The post As Britain prepares to crown yet another PM, is it a battle of the vibes against Nigel Farage? appeared first on Crikey.

Major shift in polls as Labour’s ‘Burnham bounce’ continues

A ‘Burnham bounce’ combined with Farage’s controversies seem to be affecting Labour and Reform in different ways. Labour have continued to see a surge in support across the polls whilst Reform’s fortunes seem to be reversing. With Andy Burnham set for a full-blown coronation as Labour leader, and therefore prime minister, in a few weeks, []

Noel Doran: Brexit was Nigel Farage’s triumph — and unionism’s disaster

Reform UK leader visited Irish News offices to set out his vision

What to know about Nigel Farage, Count Binface and the state of UK politics

Here’s what to know about the recent dramatic development in British politics involving Reform UK leader Nigel Farage...and now, Count Binface. #shorts#politics #uk #countbinface #nigelfarage #election