Farage wins Clacton – but his £5m headache remains

法拉奇赢得克拉克顿选区——但他的500万英镑难题依然存在

World in 10

2026-08-14

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Nigel Farage has done the inevitable and defeated Count Binface in the Clacton by-election. To celebrate, Reform threw a gigantic Glastonbury-style festival on Clacton beach. Farage-fest 2026 featured disco, live music and even a Ferris wheel. But during his victory speech, Farage admitted for the first time that he may have made a mistake by failing to declare the £5m gift he received from Christopher Harborne. Now, just hours after his victory, the parliamentary standards watchdog has resumed its investigation into the Reform leader. So, after the Ferris wheel and the fanfare, what next for the embattled Farage? Steven Swinford, political editor, The Times Lara Spirit, deputy political editor, The Sunday Times Producers: Euan Dawtrey, Harry Kitson Picture: Getty images This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • What Raj and his supporters think they have done here is they have effectively spiked the guns of the people

  • that are trying to destroy him as they see it.

  • Today, the voters in Clacton have stuck two fingers up to the entire political establishment.

  • Welcome to this emergency edition of The State of It, the political podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times.

  • I'm Stephen Swinford, the political editor of The Times.

  • I'm Laura Spirit, the deputy political editor of The Sunday Times.

  • And we're doing this edition because...

  • Unsurprisingly, Nigel Farge has won the Clacton by-election.

  • He's won by a significant margin, 63% of the vote.

  • Count Binface, it should be noted, got 10,000 votes, which is equivalent to 27% of the vote.

  • So not insignificant.

  • But Nigel Farge has won the victory in this by-election that he called himself by resigning as an MP.