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Poverty and weariness in Nigel Farage’s Clacton | Letters

The Guardian UK Tuesday 18 August 2026, 17:05 UTC By Guardian Staff 1 min read
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Vanessa Scanlan says the constituency is desperately in need of a decent MP who would offer genuine support for the problems it faces. Plus letters from Leila Roberts and Richard EllisI live in the Clacton constituency, in one of the surrounding villages, some distance from the town, and I agree with Sarah Elizabeth Cox’s characterisation of the town (Farage has turned Clacton into a human zoo. Here’s the truth about what’s happening here, 12 August).When I go to Clacton to take my kids to...

Vanessa Scanlan says the constituency is desperately in need of a decent MP who would offer genuine support for the problems it faces. Plus letters from Leila Roberts and Richard Ellis

I live in the Clacton constituency, in one of the surrounding villages, some distance from the town, and I agree with Sarah Elizabeth Cox’s characterisation of the town (Farage has turned Clacton into a human zoo. Here’s the truth about what’s happening here, 12 August).

When I go to Clacton to take my kids to the beach or to the cinema, there is a sudden shift in the character of the area. The deprivation radiates in some streets. It is painful to see the residents so keenly in need of a decent MP to offer genuine support for a town with so many problems being exploited by Nigel Farage.

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