Lib Dems tell Reform UK leader ‘the game is up’ as political rivals vow to boycott ‘stunt’ Clacton byelection
Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary, told the BBC this morning that Nigel Farage had only triggered a byelection to avoid “proper application of the rules”.
She said:
The byelection shouldn’t be happening. It’s Nigel Farage who has chosen, I think, frankly, to disrespect the people of Clacton by just doing this.
This is a stunt that is all about his own interest. It’s not about the people of Clacton. It’s not about the country. He was elected in a general election.
The reason that he has made the decision that he has is because the most serious sanction that parliamentary standards can impose is, of course, a suspension long enough such that a parliamentary byelection would be called if there was a recall petition.
So what he has done is say: ‘Let’s go directly to that ultimate source of truth.’
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