Nigel Farage resigns as MP and triggers by-election | LBC callers react

7 Jul 2026, 17:56 | Updated: 4d ago

By Emily Edge

Farage's resignation: a 'classic deflection tactic' or the 'smartest move he could've made'?

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Shelagh Fogarty hears LBC callers react to Nigel Farage's resignation as MP for Clacton. Farage vowed to fight a by-election amid a row over his finances.

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Nigel Farage resigns as MP and triggers by-election | LBC callers react

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Threats to politicians are a threat to our democracy, says Foreign Secretary after ‘horrific’ Ann Widdecombe murder

Green MP Hannah Spencer introduces maximum workplace temperature bill and says UK 'already paying human cost' of heat

Putin threatens 'more powerful' retaliation after Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries and ports

'I can only say sorry': Sacked England coach Brendon McCullum apologises to fans after Test failures

Goodbye roaming charges! Britons to use Swiss airport e-gates under landmark UK trade deal

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Police chief urges fans in England to live up to ‘exemplary’ crowds at World Cup as tournament the 'worst' they have seen domestically

Goodbye roaming charges! Britons to use Swiss airport e-gates under landmark UK trade deal

British man, 64, dies in front of family after plunging down water slide at Ibiza hotel

Who was Ann Widdecombe and why is her death being investigated?

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Moment huge flames engulf London railway line as heatwave raises wildfires risk

Tens of thousands set to take to streets for Twelfth Orange Order parades across Northern Ireland

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