Nigel Farage has been a household name of British Politics over the past 20 years, rising from the Brexit years as a leading figure of the leave EU campaign. More recently, after eight attempts, he was elected to the House of Commons. Yet, after just two years, on the 7th July, Farage announced that he would be resigning as the MP of Clacton, triggering a by-election that he would re-contest.

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