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Nigel Farage is the showman of British politics - but there are questions over his motivation for calling by-election, writes Andrew Marr

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08.07.2026

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Nigel Paul Farage is the great showman of British politics and today unveiled a new show, the great Clacton-on-Sea by-election summer extravaganza.

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Roll up, roll up, to see the people of Britain take on the monstrous, hydra-headed, mean-spirited establishment.

Gasp as Nigel upends the editor of The Times newspaper. Cheer as he thrashes Tory Tweedledum and Labour Tweedledee.

Well...perhaps I'm exaggerating a little, but only a little. Mr Farage has learned, I think, from the politics-changing drama of Andy Burnham's Makerfield by-election........

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