Nigel Farage has won

😁

Oreo

Cossy I am fining you £10 for overuse of the exclamation mark😂
My English teacher used to say that’s what they cost so use them sparingly.

Oooops!!!!!

Sorry, you are correct. In future I’ll take more care.

Maremia

Clacton may/will get nothing from Farage but Count Binface's team has produced a video of the seaside places there, that make Clacton look like somewhere to visit.

That’s good xx

There is very little in actual Clacton to draw people to it, BUT within the entire constituency there are some decent pubs, restaurants, beaches and lovely green areas.

Pretty short of decent hotels though as those holidaying here tend to stay in caravans, so the pull towards visiting is pretty limited.

I hope and pray that something is done to improve this area for its residents, but the ingrained attitudes of some of the residents and the very high deprivation in both Jaywick and Pier Ward will certainly not help.

I genuinely wish them well, maybe Farage will actually surprise us all and behave like a half decent MP! 🙏🙏🤞🤞

Cossy I am fining you £10 for overuse of the exclamation mark😂
My English teacher used to say that’s what they cost so use them sparingly.

But he knew that didn’t t he? Maybe he was just hoping time might produce a deus ex machina

Tuliptree

Ah yes Cossy but you’re only saying that because you ( and many of us) are bitter and twisted and distraught because we all thought ( not hoped) CB would win.

Hahaha but of course!

I see the investigation into Farage has already resume!

It’s seems Farage’s little ploy failed!

What a complete and utter waste of public funds and everyone’s time!

Tuliptree

They will when it suits him Lee Anderson says he’s entitled to another maiden speech as a ‘new’MP and that traditionally is all about your constituency. Of course LA could be wrong

Well if LA is correct and NF does - the publicity might put Clacton on Sea on the map for the so-called 'staycationers' and bring some much needed ££ into the economy.

So there is that...

They will when it suits him Lee Anderson says he’s entitled to another maiden speech as a ‘new’MP and that traditionally is all about your constituency. Of course LA could be wrong

Farage has started as he means to go on by missing the count with a lie about his security.
There was no security risk.
He will leave Clacton at speed if he hasn't already gone.
The people of Clacton may never hear from him again.

Ok - perhaps Farage lovers could tell me why he stood in a constituency such Clacton, not his home town? Why not Southwark? This isn't denigrating anyone - we all know it is because its a mono cultural , low income , deprived area. Not their fault they feel left behind. Farage has promised the moon on a stick.

Clacton may/will get nothing from Farage but Count Binface's team has produced a video of the seaside places there, that make Clacton look like somewhere to visit.

Kandinsky

Well he let the people of Clacton decide his fate and they have, with more votes than before.

Which is a ridiculous claim, the people of Clacton are not in a position to decide his fate, they do not have the facts upon which to make a decision. If they want him to continue being their MP despite him having held no surgeries or not having attended one meeting of The Clacton Regeneration Programme that’s the only decision they have made.

Tuliptree

Ah yes Cossy but you’re only saying that because you ( and many of us) are bitter and twisted and distraught because we all thought ( not hoped) CB would win.

Yes am so distraught I couldn’t eat my corn flakes. 🤣
Am afraid I have to go to the chemists in this heat this morning and that bothers me. Not Farage getting a seat he already had

Ah yes Cossy but you’re only saying that because you ( and many of us) are bitter and twisted and distraught because we all thought ( not hoped) CB would win.

Tuliptree

Apparently he didn’t turn up because of security concerns. Interesting isn’t it that both he and Trump play the security card allbeit in different ways. Well the Parliamentary investigation will resume now

Actually, it’s slightly worse than that, Farage “claims” Essex Police advised him not to go to the count, Essex Police categorically deny this.

Already at least one polling station has been reported to the appropriate authorities due to alledged intimidation and rule breaking by Reform.

What a dirty mess our entire political system is becoming!

I think Farage would quickly give up if it was in his own interests. He is not a good MP. We have seen how little he has done for Clacton.
Why does he want to be an MP if he doesn't want to actually do the job?
The answer is clear to me.

You are correct on all counts Cossy 👍

I don’t think there’s was any question of Farage losing.

Now back to square one, investigation into both Farage and Reform will continue, Farage will continue with his rhetoric.

The people of Clacton will have zero changes.

Tuliptree you seem to have missed that I am not a Reform supporter.

I doubt that NF will be PM, but and it is a very big but, if he is the blame should be laid firmly at the feet of the main parties who have not listened to the concerns of the electorate.

Andy Burnham seems to be listening at the moment, will be interesting to see if this continues once he gets caught up in the Westminster bubble when parliament returns after summer recess.

FriedGreenTomatoes2

There is something rather odd about established parties refusing to contest Clacton and then commentators diminishing Reform’s victory because there was little opposition.

You cannot refuse to enter the ring and then complain that the winner had an easy fight.

Love him or loathe him, they still haven’t discovered how to make the bloody man give up - because he will not give up.
Vote Reform! 🇬🇧

Why?

GrannyGravy13

I will explain why this thread has brightened my morning. It has amused me, not in a happy way, but I could have predicted the reactions beforehand.

I have read all the previous threads in the Clacton by-election, on the whole they were pro Count Bin Face winning.

Now we are at peak but but but … denigrating the electorate of Clacton, and of course the credibility of Reform as a party.

I am totally neutral in this however, I do not like to see voters being told they are poor, they deserved who they voted for ad infinitim and not in a nice manner.

Wanting CB to win is simply not the same as expecting him to win. Mostly I think we just hoped he got a good result which he did. There’s a qualitative difference between denigrating Reform and criticising the voters of Clacton. The former is justified, the e latter not so but there’s understandable exasperation But meanwhile carry on with your brightened morning. Fancy it taking this topic to do that. Meanwhile and you can save this for 3 years time I know beyond doubt that NF will never be PM and he may not even be an MP in a few months time.

Oh they know that they are poor - that is why they voted for Farage.

No other party has answered their needs.

The fact that Farage definitely won’t is neither here nor there.

They simply want their lives to change.

There is something rather odd about established parties refusing to contest Clacton and then commentators diminishing Reform’s victory because there was little opposition.

You cannot refuse to enter the ring and then complain that the winner had an easy fight.

Love him or loathe him, they still haven’t discovered how to make the bloody man give up - because he will not give up.
Vote Reform! 🇬🇧

I will explain why this thread has brightened my morning. It has amused me, not in a happy way, but I could have predicted the reactions beforehand.

I have read all the previous threads in the Clacton by-election, on the whole they were pro Count Bin Face winning.

Now we are at peak but but but … denigrating the electorate of Clacton, and of course the credibility of Reform as a party.

I am totally neutral in this however, I do not like to see voters being told they are poor, they deserved who they voted for ad infinitim and not in a nice manner.

Of course this was always a comedy election. Farage throwing his toys out of the pram for no good reason. He won’t even talk to Nick Ferrari.