Dashboard/Nigel Farage/ITV News interview on resigning as MP to fight a Clacton by-election, the standards investigation and the £5m gift
Interview · 8 Jul 2026
ITV News interview on resigning as MP to fight a Clacton by-election, the standards investigation and the £5m gift
Video: YouTube: ITV News (official channel). Retrieved 9 Oct 2026.
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Only 8 rated questions; a transcript needs 15 for a number. Claims that held up: 72% of 9 checked (Bluff 13.9 of 50). Its claims still count towards the overall score.
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8 questions rated. Fewer than 15, so this does not enter the index. Answered = 1, Partly answered and Declined openly = ½, Dodged = 0.
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Carl Dinnen
Um, first of all, Nigel, why are you doing this now when the standards investigation could very well trigger another bi-election and for that one people would have the full facts?
AnsweredAsked why he called the by-election now, when the standards investigation could lead to another one with the full facts known. Disputes that more facts would emerge and gives his reasons: the process could run for months, daily stories and 'paralysis'. (Premise challenged.)Our model rated this
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Carl Dinnen
But the people here aren't getting to see what the standards commissioner in Parliament thinks of whether or not you broke the rules. And don't they deserve to know what that system thinks as well?
Partly answeredAsked whether voters deserve to know what the Standards Commissioner thinks. Says voters are as qualified to judge as anyone in Westminster, without saying whether they should wait for the finding.Our model rated this
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Carl Dinnen
Oh, come on. They're not. They don't know what the rules in all the ins and outs of the rules in Westminster.
AnsweredTold voters do not know the ins and outs of the rules. Disputes this: the rules are simple, the money was either a political donation or a private gift.Our model rated this
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Carl Dinnen
You seem to be saying that if people here vote for you in this bi-election, then that overrides anything the standards commissioner finds in Westminster, that his investigation doesn't matter.
Partly answeredPut to him that a win would override the Commissioner's investigation. Says he is judged guilty daily by parties and media and will accept the voters' judgement, without saying whether the investigation matters.Our model rated this
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Carl Dinnen
And what about the standards process? Are you saying the standards process doesn't matter if these voters vote for you?
Partly answeredAsked whether the standards process does not matter if voters back him. Replies only that the process 'can do what it wants'.Our model rated this
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Carl Dinnen
That sounds like a yes. It sounds like you don't care what it says.
DodgedTold that sounds like a yes and that he does not care what it says. Repeats the line, then turns to wanting an endorsement and everyone working to get Reform 'out of the game', without saying whether he cares about the finding.Our model rated this
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Carl Dinnen
Um just a couple more questions. I mean, you could end up in a situation where there is another bi-election here. Doesn't it that plus the fact that you're only facing binface at the moment? Doesn't that make the whole thing
AnsweredAsked whether another by-election and facing only Count Binface undermine the contest. Says another by-election is very unlikely and that the main parties are choosing not to stand.Our model rated this
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Carl Dinnen
And just for the record, because you're in a commanding position in the poll, you could still be the next prime minister of this country. Why did you get that 5 million pound gift? And what have you spent it on?
Partly answeredAsked why he got the £5m gift and what he has spent it on. Says it was an unconditional gift for his lifelong security costs, but does not say what it has been spent on.Our model rated this
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