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Farage left fighting a trash can as the UK populist leader’s election gamble backfires (www.cnn.com)
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[–] 17 points 4 months ago (4 children)

But the decision was quickly dismissed by his usual sparring partners. The UK’s main political parties – the ruling Labour Party, the right-wing Conservative Party and the centrist Liberal Democrats – all announced they would boycott the Clacton vote.

What would happen to the election if Farage was the only candidate?

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  • [–] [S] 20 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Then he's guaranteed to win and will be declared elected.

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  • [–] 25 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    And the investigation into him by the ministerial will continue

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  • [–] 18 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Ah, so this is to prevent any distractions from the investigation. Got it.

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago

    Pretty much, also means Farage can't claim that the people have shown they don't care about his money because he was voted in a second time.

    What can happen is if Farage wins, the investigation continues and there's a very real chance he'll be suspended so another election will be called.

    Each election costs about 450k of public money, so Count Binface can say that just by electing him and him doing literally nothing, he's saving the public nearly half a million quid.

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