Kemi Badenoch launches fresh attack on 'scared' Nigel Farage after resignation: 'It's a FAKE by-election!'

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Liberal Democrats deputy leader Daisy Cooper has called on David Lammy to heap pressure onto Rachel Reeves to block Nigel Farage's by-election bid.Mr Lammy accused Mr Farage of trying to "distract from the fact that he's up to his neck in sleaze" with the snap contest.The Labour minister added: "He's got serious questions to answer and he can't run away from them.

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Reform UK's home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf has accused Nigel Farage's rivals of running scared by not fielding candidates in the upcoming Clacton by-election.Mr Yusuf, who joined Reform UK just weeks before the 2024 General Election, lashed out at the Tories and Labour after both parties revealed they would not challenge Mr Farage.The Reform UK leader resigned as an MP yesterday, triggering a snap by-election in his seaside seat.However, Mr Farage is only facing a challenge from Count Binface, Rejoin EU and the Monster Raving Loony Party at the moment.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Alongside Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch's confirmation that she will not stand a candidate, Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain and Sir Ed Davey's Liberal Democrats have also confirmed they will not field a candidate in Clacton.Hitting out at the other parties, Mr Yusuf told GB News: "There's clearly only one possible reason why the entire political establishment, Labour, the Tories, the Lib Dems, the...

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Kemi Badenoch launches fresh attack on 'scared' Nigel Farage after resignation: 'It's a FAKE by-election!'.

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Kemi Badenoch has launched a fresh attack on Nigel Farage after the Reform UK leader triggered a by-election in Clacton-on-Sea with his resignation as MP.Speaking to GB News, the Conservative Party leader declared the by-election "fake", confirming she will not be standing any candidates in the ballot.Sitting down with GB News Political Editor Christopher Hope, Mrs Badenoch said: "He's the one who called this fake election, and this is a fake by-election.

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I will be standing a candidate in the real by-election, which will come later after this investigation has concluded.

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And the reason why I think that there will be a by-election is because he's doing this to stop people finding out what actually happened." TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say She accused Mr Farage of "cracking under pressure" amid the scandal around his finances: "Many people were not aware of this fishy £5million, but people were not aware of an investigation.

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I think Nigel Farage is facing intense pressure.

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