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All of the major parties except for Reform withdrew their candidates in protest of Farage.
by NewJazz 2mo ago
All of the major parties except for Reform withdrew their candidates in protest of Farage.
- mcphage 2mo ago> All of the major parties except for Reform withdrew their candidates in protest of Farage. This doesn't make sense. If they wanted to protest Farage, wouldn't they be better off running a serious candidate against him?
- choult 2mo agoFarage engineered this situation to try to take control of the narrative about the investigation into £5m of undeclared income/gifts. They neutered that move by not entering the contest in the first place. And Binface (with support of 32 other candidates) turned it into a humiliating exercise.
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- NewJazz 2mo agoThey plan to eject Farage from Parliament after their investigation concludes. Farage was trying to delay the investigation, or perhaps prove a point that his voters don't care.
- xboxnolifes 2mo agoA "serious" by-election is what Farage wanted. You don't protest by playing along. You protest by doing your best to express how much of a farce it is. Farage can't say "The people want me more than your other serious candidates even after this controversy" if there are no serious candidates running.
- nephihaha 2mo agoI think it was a major tactical mistake for them to withdraw. Binface is the only thing which turned it into a proper contest.
- exe34 2mo agoThey will run for the next election in a few months - the investigation has just resumed.
- xboxnolifes 2mo agoObviously. Everyone know this. The vote predictions knew this too.