Reform UK share date they want for Nigel Farage’s by-election

• Nigel Farage has formally resigned as an MP, with Reform UK proposing an early by-election in Clacton on 6 August.
• Reform UK plans to move the writ on Thursday, though parliamentary rules suggest a by-election cannot occur for at least 21 working days after this.
• Farage frames the contest as a 'people versus the establishment' fight, motivated by a desire for voters to challenge the status quo.
• The main Westminster parties, including Labour and the Conservatives, are boycotting the Clacton by-election.
• Satirical candidate Count Binface is set to be Farage's primary electoral rival, a situation Rachel Reeves described as a “farce”.

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Nigel Farage latest: Clacton by-election given green light as Reeves refuses to block Reform leader ‘arguing with a bin’