After his bombshell u-turn on standing in the election, Nigel Farage is officially launching his campaign in Clacton – the seat for which he will stand in. Hundreds of people gathered at Clacton pier to hear him speak – he spoke of the Tories deserving to pay a “big price” for their handling of immigration, and that both Labour and the Conservatives are not “patriotic people“. In true Farage fashion, he promised to be a “bloody nuisance” as an MP. Eighth time lucky…
Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree MP backing Andy Burnham, told Times Radio there wouldn’t be trouble from the markets under Burnham:
“The markets will have to fall in line.”