Farage Wins Clacton but Parliamentary Scrutiny Is Already Waiting

A by-election designed to end a scandal has restarted one. Nigel Farage won the Clacton by-election with 63% of the vote and a majority of 12,784, but he triggered the poll himself by resigning his seat to dodge a parliamentary probe into an undeclared £5 million gift from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne. Every major party boycotted the contest, leaving comedian Count Binface as the only serious challenger. Within hours of his victory, the...