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All major parties back out of Farage by-election | LBC debate
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23:54Now PlayingNigel Farage could be set to run against just one other candidate, Count Binface, after all other major political parties confirmed they would not field candidates in the Clacton-on-Sea by-election.
On Iain Dale's Cross Question panel (from left to right): Lib Dem Lisa Smart, the Guardian's Zoe Williams, former Tory minister Justine Greening and political commentator Benedict Spence.
It comes after yesterday the Reform leader sensationally quit as MP and vowed to fight a "people versus establishment" by-election in the Essex seat amid a row over his finances and a parliamentary investigation.
Farage denies any wrongdoing in the row over undeclared gifts and donations he received before he was elected.
Farage also said Reform UK will foot the bill for the by-election but last night, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) told LBC that the move would be illegal.
Now, Labour, the Lib Dems, the Conservatives, the Greens and Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain have agreed not to put up candidates labelling the by-election as a "circus" - meaning his only confirmed challenger so far is the satirical candidate Count Binface.
Comedian Jon Harvey, who regularly runs in by-elections, including the Makerfield by-election with Andy Burnham under the pseudonym, has confirmed he will run.
Labour accused Farage of "desperately trying to change the subject".
"It's pathetic, and the Labour Party is not going to indulge it," a spokesperson said.
"Farage should let the parliamentary investigation into his finances run its course and face the consequences."
The Prime Minister said: "This is a desperate stunt from Nigel Farage. Politics should be about improving the lives of millions of people, not about personal gain."
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