“The biggest political name is obviously Nigel Farage, but the focus on him won’t simply be what he wants it to be.”
Nigel Farage hoped to turn the Clacton by-election into a referendum on the allegations against him, but the campaign risks becoming a spectacle he can no longer control, says Times Radio’s newsroom reporter Ollie Cole.
Ollie Cole was speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday-Thursday, 4-7pm.
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