Speaking from the Reform UK party headquarters in Milbank, London, Nigel Farage revealed that he will be stepping down as MP for Clacton – only to stand again for the same seat. Farage referenced allegations about his finances and insisted that he has “done nothing wrong”. Academic experts examine the motivations behind this move. Self-pity and self-obsession Tim Bale, Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London. In what must rank as one of the most self-pitying, self-obsessed pieces