What is Nigel Farage trying to achieve by resigning as an MP? | FT #shorts

Has Nigel Farage played his trump card by resigning as MP for Clacton and fighting a by-election there, or will the move backfire?

After mounting pressure over donations from wealthy backers, he insisted he has ‘done nothing wrong’ and that he would fight ‘the establishment’ to retake the seat for Reform UK. But it might not be the contest he anticipated.

In this breaking news episode, deputy opinion editor Miranda Green is joined by chief political commentator Robert Shrimsley and UK political editor George Parker to examine what the move means for Reform, the scrutiny of Farage’s finances and the future of his political career.⁠

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