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UK: Farage gambles on by-election to silence critics

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has resigned as MP for Clacton, triggering a by-election he says will allow voters—not political opponents—to judge him. The move comes as he faces investigations into high-value financial donations that he insists were lawful.

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00:00Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has announced he is resigning as a member of Britain's Parliament
00:06and will immediately seek re-election, saying he wants voters, not politicians, to judge him.
00:12The move comes as he faces investigation over financial donations from cryptocurrency figures,
00:18allegations he strongly denies.
00:20I've thought about it hard and I've decided today,
00:23today I will resign as a member of Parliament for Clacton-on-Sea,
00:28thereby forcing a by-election, which should happen, I hope, in short order.
00:35Now I've decided that the people of Clacton should be the judges of my actions.
00:40This will be a people versus the establishment by-election.
00:46It's a chance to stick two fingers up to the entire establishment,
00:50to frankly tell them where to go.
00:54And that is why I will be putting my name forward to stand in this by-election.
00:59I will fight to win.
01:01I will fight to continue the political revolution that reform has started.
01:07Farage insists he has done nothing wrong and says he has not broken the law or misused public money.
01:13A victory in the by-election will strengthen Farage's claim that he retains public support,
01:19despite the mounting political and ethical questions surrounding his finances.
01:25Na admit, acronym I am being released from Consciustatjud Power.
01:26A victory in the by-election is a great victory in public support,
01:27If the carry aislam from the 맞아요 is a great victory,
01:27Well, I don't know if it is a good thing,
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