Farage on the back foot

JackG said:
That's a can of worms Burnham won't want to open. He's just put the taxpayers of Manchester on the hook for over £4 million.
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I’m sure I read The Reform Party are footing the bill as NF called for the bi election.
 
Chris_Boro said:
Also there is precedent (albeit very old) that the Chancellor could refuse his appointment to one of the nominal houses, therefore preventing the by-election, on the grounds of believing the attempt is to avoid financial scrutiny.
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Both of the precedents I'm aware of have similarities to the Farage case. Lord Chelsea (1842) was facing an intensive parliamentary committee investigation into alleged electoral corruption, bribery, and compromised election pacts in his constituency. He sought the Chiltern Hundreds as a quick escape mechanism to avoid answering to the committee and to bury the investigation. The Chancellor refused the request, arguing that granting the office would effectively facilitate a compromise to evade justice and bring the House into disrepute.
James Sadleir fled the country to avoid fraud allegations (1856). The Government committed on the record to refusing any potential application he might make for the Chiltern Hundreds, ensuring he could not dictate his exit on his own terms. Instead, Parliament chose to formally expel him.
 
JackG said:
Both of the precedents I'm aware of have similarities to the Farage case. Lord Chelsea (1842) was facing an intensive parliamentary committee investigation into alleged electoral corruption, bribery, and compromised election pacts in his constituency. He sought the Chiltern Hundreds as a quick escape mechanism to avoid answering to the committee and to bury the investigation. The Chancellor refused the request, arguing that granting the office would effectively facilitate a compromise to evade justice and bring the House into disrepute.
James Sadleir fled the country to avoid fraud allegations (1856). The Government committed on the record to refusing any potential application he might make for the Chiltern Hundreds, ensuring he could not dictate his exit on his own terms. Instead, Parliament chose to formally expel him.
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They could but it wouldnt suit anybody to do that. I prefer that he hangs by his own petard
 
B-Man said:
Is there a chance, any chance, that it could be Farage vs Binface, and Farage doesn’t win? Surely if all non-Reform voters voted for the only other option we could have the greatest political result in the history of the the country? It would make all of this worth it.
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21.2k votes for NF, 24.7k votes against NF. It is doable...

NamePartyVoteVote shareVote change
FARAGE, NigelRUK21,22546.20%-
WATLING, GilesCon12,82027.90%-44.00%
OWUSU-NEPAUL, JovanLab7,44816.20%0.60%
BENSILUM, MatthewLD2,0164.40%-1.80%
OSBEN, NatashaGreen1,9354.20%1.30%
MACK, TonyInd3170.70%-
PEMBERTON, AndrewUKIP1160.30%-
JAMIESON, CraigCli480.10%-
PAPANASTASIOU, TasosHPUK330.10%-
 
TarquinF said:
21.2k votes for NF, 24.7k votes against NF. It is doable...

NamePartyVoteVote shareVote change
FARAGE, NigelRUK21,22546.20%-
WATLING, GilesCon12,82027.90%-44.00%
OWUSU-NEPAUL, JovanLab7,44816.20%0.60%
BENSILUM, MatthewLD2,0164.40%-1.80%
OSBEN, NatashaGreen1,9354.20%1.30%
MACK, TonyInd3170.70%-
PEMBERTON, AndrewUKIP1160.30%-
JAMIESON, CraigCli480.10%-
PAPANASTASIOU, TasosHPUK330.10%-
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Just sat here for 20 minutes thinking about it & laughing. It would be my faith in British democracy restored.
 
TarquinF said:
Just sat here for 20 minutes thinking about it & laughing. It would be my faith in British democracy restored.
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Just to keep the glass ‘half full’ - it is widely reported his support in Clacton has declined too.

Then the conspiracy kicks in - does he really want to win?
He loses…. a short term barrage of laughing from the likes of us - and he swans off with his millions and appears on the likes of Question Time and other platforms with monotonous regularity.
He is thick skinned.
 
1finny said:
Just to keep the glass ‘half full’ - it is widely reported his support in Clacton has declined too.

Then the conspiracy kicks in - does he really want to win?
He loses…. a short term barrage of laughing from the likes of us - and he swans off with his millions and appears on the likes of Question Time and other platforms with monotonous regularity.
He is thick skinned.
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Quite possibly, but I'm not sure thick skinned is the right description after his behaviour this week. He looks incredibly thin skinned when finally exposed to a bit of scrutiny and isn't allowed to set the agenda.

He's resilient though. Like a cockroach.
 
1finny said:
Just to keep the glass ‘half full’ - it is widely reported his support in Clacton has declined too.

Then the conspiracy kicks in - does he really want to win?
He loses…. a short term barrage of laughing from the likes of us - and he swans off with his millions and appears on the likes of Question Time and other platforms with monotonous regularity.
He is thick skinned.
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I think if that was the plan he would have just stepped down and waffled on about protecting his family playing the victim.
Where its gone t*t's up for him is the other parties not putting up a candidate
 
TarquinF said:
21.2k votes for NF, 24.7k votes against NF. It is doable...

NamePartyVoteVote shareVote change
FARAGE, NigelRUK21,22546.20%-
WATLING, GilesCon12,82027.90%-44.00%
OWUSU-NEPAUL, JovanLab7,44816.20%0.60%
BENSILUM, MatthewLD2,0164.40%-1.80%
OSBEN, NatashaGreen1,9354.20%1.30%
MACK, TonyInd3170.70%-
PEMBERTON, AndrewUKIP1160.30%-
JAMIESON, CraigCli480.10%-
PAPANASTASIOU, TasosHPUK330.10%-
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The chances improve with a low turnout if his supporters think there’s no need to show up. It would ruin the whole “will of the people” rhetoric too as they would see that even in his own constituency, more people don’t want him than do. Even a small drop in voting share would be damaging with fewer candidates.
 
Teesste said:
Re his daughter.. Farage has said that he has always tried to protect his family and keep them out of the media.

Anyway here a pic of Nige on I’m a Celebrity with……. checks notes……. His daughter!
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Firk his daughter
Her loving father is a racist bile spewing **** fuelling hatred violence.

By saying nowt - she is complicit
 
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