Count Binface pledges to run against Nigel Farage in Clacton by-election: ‘I’m game’

The Brexit referendum figurehead, whose party is leading national polls, has come under pressure over reports about undeclared donations and funding.

The unusual move comes as Farage, whose Reform UK party leads national opinion polls, faces mounting pressure over the non-disclosure of gifts, including allegedly from a convicted fraudster.

By stepping down preemptively, the Reform leader, whose popularity has soared over the past two years and who is now viewed as a favourite to be the next prime minister, has triggered a by-election on his own terms – in which he himself can stand.

Given the saga engulfing the UK populist MP, she might be better served to jump on a flight back to Australia.