At what point does a British by-election get awarded to the silver medalist, à la Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis? Asking for a friend of a friend, i.e. me. #Clacton
Triggering a vanity by-election was a blatant attempt by Farage to dodge being held to account.
Our ‘Clacton Clause’ would stop a stunt like this being pulled ever again.
A sitting MP under investigation should never be able to weaponise a by-election into a taxpayer funded attempt to escape scrutiny.