Nigel Farage says he was ‘forced by political establishment’ to quit as Clacton MP

Not exactly known for telling the truth, Nigel Farage now wants you to believe that it was the ‘political establishment’ who forced him to quit as the MP for Clacton, rather than his own ego and self-interest.

Farage decided to quit as an MP claiming there was a witchhunt against him, when in reality he is under a legitimate investigation from the Standards Committee after his failure to declare financial support he had received.

Farage had failed to declare a £5million gift from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne, leading to accusations that he had deliberatley concealed it.

An investigation was launched into whether Farage should have disclosed the ‘gift’, but was paused after the Reform leader resigned his seat.

It was clearly another political stunt by Farage, designed to seize the narrative and to define the terms of the debate, however it has clearly backfired given that all of the major parties have boycotted the vote and Farage has been left to face satirical candidate Count Binface.

However, should Farage be re-elected, he faces the standards committee investigation restarting.

Now he’s claimed that the political establishment made him quit. He told the Metro: “I did not want to resign as your MP and have this by-election. But the political establishment forced it upon me.

“My promises to Clacton are simple: I will always be accountable to you; I will always take on Westminster for you; I will always fight to fix broken Britain for you.”

Come on Nigel, you quit to save your own skin and weren’t even aware the standards committee investigation would restart. Who are you kidding?