How long before another Clacton by-election?

So Nigel Farage has won the Clacton by-election again which was triggered by him in the first place. Let me remind everyone he resigned as MP for Clacton because of the scrutiny over the £5 million given to him by the crypto business man in Thailand, Christopher Harborne.

Nigel claims that money was for his personal security... Not for any political reasons.

However, the standards commissioner will have to decide whether he has breached parliamentary rules or not. It means he will be scrutinised about the £5m anyway. Which means his resignation, the by-election et al, was for nothing after all. What a waste of time! Poor Nige. He must be quietly seething over his pint in a dark corner of a pub somewhere.

But it has to be done. Parliamentary rules are very strict. It is one of the things that makes this great nation what it is. And we're proud of that. If he is found to have broken the rules then in very simple terms, the whole process will start again; Farage will have to step down and there will be yet another by-election in Clacton. Quelle domage.

It's a shame for the people of Clacton and it's a shame for Farage. They need a leader and he wants to lead. But at this rate, politically, it all seems a bit aimless and well, leader-less for Clacton.

Why the hell didn't he, in the first instance, just declare it and come clean when he was handed the very generous £5m?!? It isn't exactly the kind of amount you can simply "hide away", is it? Again, poor Nige. He has a lot to learn. Let's hope his political career isn't over before it's really begun.

Anyway, time will tell; we will just have to wait and see what happens.

Wolf Winship

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