Их Британийн “Reform UK” намын дарга Найджел Фараж өөрийн улс төрийн карьераа дэнчин тавьж, дахин нэр дэвшсэн нөхөн сонгуульд ялалт байгууллаа.
“Reform UK” намын тэргүүн Найджел Фараж пүрэв гарагт болсон Клактон тойргийн нөхөн сонгуульд 63 хувийн санал авч, парламентад дахин суудалтай боллоо. Энэ нь 2024 оны сонгуультай харьцуулахад 17 хувиар өссөн үзүүлэлт юм. Британийн томоохон улс төрийн намууд уг сонгуулийг бойкотлож, нэр дэвшүүлээгүй нь сонгуулийн үр дүнг хүчингүй мэт харагдуулах зорилготой байсан гэж ажиглагчид үзэж байна.
Фараж өөрийн суудлаасаа сайн дураараа татгалзаж, нөхөн сонгууль зарласан нь “улс төрийн тогтолцооны эсрэг” хийсэн алхам гэж мэдэгдсэн юм. Тэрээр сонгуулийн үр дүн гарсны дараа өөрийг нь гэмт хэрэгтэн мэтээр харуулахыг оролдсон Британийн улс төрийн хүрээнийхэн болон хэвлэл мэдээллийн хэрэгслүүдийг шүүмжилж, энэхүү ялалтыг тогтолцооны эсрэг авсан ялалт хэмээн тодотголоо.
Сонгуулийн үеэр түүний гол өрсөлдөгч нь “Count Binface” гэх нэрээр алдаршсан хошин шогийн жүжигчин байсан бөгөөд тэрээр 27 хувийн санал авчээ. Фараж энэхүү нөхөн сонгуульд бусад намууд нэр дэвшүүлээгүй ч, энэ нь өөрийнх нь улс төрийн байр суурийг бэхжүүлэх боломж байсан гэж үзэж байна.
Үүний зэрэгцээ, Найджел Фараж парламентын стандартын хяналтын байгууллагын мөрдлөгт дахин өртөв. Тэрээр 2024 онд албан тушаалд орохоосоо өмнө криптовалютын тэрбумтан Кристофер Харборноос 5 сая фунт стерлингийн хандив авсан, мөн Жорж Котреллээс санхүүжилт авснаа мэдүүлээгүй гэх асуудлаар шалгуулж байна. Фараж эдгээр нь хувийн бэлэг байсан тул мэдүүлэх үүрэггүй гэж мэдэгдсээр байгаа бөгөөд түүнийг суудлаасаа татгалзсаны дараа түр зогсоод байсан уг мөрдлөг пүрэв гарагт сонгуулийн дүн гармагц дахин эхэллээ.
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The Reform UK leader has secured his Clacton seat after gambling his political career on a by-election
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has won back his seat in parliament, in a by-election boycotted by every other major British party. Farage vacated his seat and triggered the election in an effort to “stick two fingers up to the establishment.”
Farage was declared the winner in his Clacton constituency on Thursday, with the Reform leader taking 63% of the vote, a 17% increase from 2024.
However, Farage’s only opponents this year were novelty and fringe candidates, with the Labour Party, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, and Greens boycotting the election. Out of these candidates, Count Binface, a BBC comedian whose costume includes a bin on his head, won 27% of the vote.
The boycott was a calculated move by the UK’s establishment parties aimed at delegitimizing the election. Farage vacated his seat in July in an attempt to win it back with a larger majority than in 2024, an outcome that would have humiliated his opponents in the mainstream parties. In a statement at the time, he described the election as a chance for voters to “stick two fingers up to the establishment.”
WhileFarage was denied the opportunity to defeat Labour and the Conservatives for the second time in two years, he still portrayed his win on Thursday as a “victory against the establishment.”
“I called this by-election because I wanted the people of Clacton to be my judge, not the mainstream media in Britain, and the political establishment who paint us as criminals,” he told supporters after results were announced. “We have beaten the candidate for the uniparty.”
Although Count Binface was a novelty candidate, he was boosted by liberal media outlets, and according to Farage, “there were Liberal Democrats, Labour, Conservative canvassers out canvassing for Count Binface.”
At the time Farage vacated his seat, he had been under investigation by Britain’s parliamentary standards watchdog since May, over a £5 million ($6.7 million) gift he received from cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne before he took office in 2024. The probe was set to be expanded after the Sunday Times revealed that he failed to declare funding from convicted fraudster George Cottrell between 2019 and 2024.
Farage maintains that he did nothing wrong, and that Harborne’s donation was “a large personal gift” which will allow him to pay his security bills. Farage insists that he was under no obligation to declare benefits from Cottrell – who allegedly allowed the Reform leader to stay in his properties and avail himself of private security – as he was not in office when he received them.
The investigation was paused when Farage relinquished its seat, but was immediately reopened once results came in on Thursday.
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