One man. 16 extra jobs.
Nigel Farage is paid to represent Clacton but has generated more than £2m in outside income and financial interests, with MPs describing him as having 16 jobs. Which one comes first?
Nigel Farage is paid to represent Clacton but has generated more than £2m in outside income and financial interests, with MPs describing him as having 16 jobs. Which one comes first?
Clacton gave Nigel Farage the Westminster seat he had sought for years. Two years later, what has he actually delivered locally – and how accessible has its MP been?
Farage faced no mainstream-party candidate and ran a huge campaign, yet gained only 1,014 votes while valid voting in Clacton fell by 10,847 – down 23.6%.
Nigel Farage called the Clacton by-election a ringing endorsement. But 72.1% of the electorate did not vote for him and Count Binface took 26.9% of votes cast.
Nigel Farage resigned as Clacton MP during a standards inquiry, forced a costly by-election, won the same seat back and saw the investigation resume.