'Nigel Farage has made clown of himself with Clacton by-election - it's funnier than any show on the pier'

Nigel Farage may defeat a bin on polling day but his 'clown show' by-election will speed the wheels coming off an under-pressure Reform UK, writes Mirror man Kevin Maguire

EXCLUSIVE: Experts say Nigel Farage's plan to avoid a probe into his personal finances has 'backfired' as the by-election, in which he's up against Count Binface, has become a 'joke'

It is not known who piloted the plane, which spent around half an hour drawing the flight path on Saturday

Craig Munro | Senior Politics Reporter Published August 9, 2026 12:22pm Updated August 9, 2026 12:22pm The bin was traced off the Clacton coast yesterday afternoon (Picture: Flightradar/Count Binface) With just four days to go until Clacton goes to the polls in Nigel Farage’s by-election, one pilot has gone to extreme

The boycott by major parties has opened the door to a host of by-election hopefuls. Here's who's on the metre-long ballot paper...

Mike Baldwin, Raven Road, Nether Edge, Sheffield.

Kemi Badenoch sends letter telling Clacton voters they 'deserve better' than Nigel Farage despite failing to field Tory candidate  GB News

BBC Verify takes a look at the serial candidates standing in Clacton, how they fared in previous elections, and whether they have ever won enough votes to get their deposits back.