Farage told supporters: “We have beaten the candidate for the uniparty: Count Binface.” The results:
Turnout was 44% which is healthy for a by-election. Reform is in a row with Essex Police after Farage declined appearing at the count because of an upcoming “disruption” which he says the police warned about – they deny that. Back to parliament…
Anti-Faragites will spend the day spinning hard that the election counts for nothing and the party has questions to answer about money and standards. Not issues that concerned voters in Clacton…
Lord Khan in the Telegraph: “I hope, and I say this in a non-pompous way, that the public service I do will bring rewards in this world and the hereafter,” he says. “I’m hoping the work I do is earning me Brownie points.”