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Nigel Farage, the right-wing populist leader, forced a by-election in his parliamentary seat of Clacton after he came under pressure over his financial declarations. Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform U.K., Britain’s populist right-wing party, will face voters on Thursday in a special election that he initiated, hoping to return to Parliament weeks after resigning amid investigations into possible financial impropriety. Farage, who is under investigation for failing to declare a 5 million pound gift (about $6.7 million) from a British crypto-billionaire in Thailand, has said he hopes that a new mandate from his constituents in Clacton, a coastal area in Essex, England, will show that his voters do not care about the issue. He said that he has been the subject of “constant demonization” by the press and his critics. Farage’s most significant opponent is a novelty candidate named Count Binface , who campaigns wearing a trash can over his head.
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Nigel Farage, the right-wing populist leader, forced a by-election in his parliamentary seat of Clacton after he came under pressure over his financial declarations. Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform U.K., Britain’s populist right-wing party, will face voters on Thursday in a special election that he initiated, hoping to return to Parliament weeks after resigning amid investigations into possible financial impropriety. Farage, who is under investigation for failing to declare a 5 million pound gift (about $6.7 million) from a British crypto-billionaire in Thailand, has said he hopes that a new mandate from his constituents in Clacton, a coastal area in Essex, England, will show that his voters do not care about the issue. He said that he has been the subject of “constant demonization” by the press and his critics. Farage’s most significant opponent is a novelty candidate named Count Binface , who campaigns wearing a trash can over his head.
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