LBC Callers Savage Robert Jenrick Over Farage's Decision To Trigger By-Election

The party's Treasury spokesman got a rough ride as he hosted a phone-in.

Callers to a radio phone-in savaged Robert Jenrick as he defended Nigel Farage’s decision to trigger a by-election in Clacton.

Reform UK’s Treasury spokesman was standing in for regular presenter James O’Brien on LBC.

Farage unexpectedly quit as an MP on Tuesday amid controversy over the £5 million gift he received from a crypto billionaire, which is being investigated by parliament’s commissioner for standards.

The Reform leader said he was triggering a “people versus the establishment” by-election, but so far his only confirmed opponent is Count Binface after Labour, the Tories, the Lib Dems and Greens all refused to take part.

Jenrick said Farage had shown “balls” by putting his political career on the line, despite the fact that he won his Clacton seat with a majority of 8,400 just two years ago.

He also said the other parties were “cowards” for not putting up their own candidates.

But the vast majority of people who rang in during the hour-long debate took a different view.

Al in Glasgow said: “I think Farage is throwing toys out of his pram.

“He cannot deal with challenge, and so he has to have some kind of primadonna reaction. It’s nothing to do with........

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