All of Farage’s supporters turned out - more votes for him this time than last time.

They get what they deserve.

PowerElectronix 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

And all the rest also get what Farage's voters deserve. Such is the power of Democracy.

	▲	blipvert 12 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid And if the standards committee sees fit he will be doing it again soon.
	▲	keybored 10 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Democracies can be arranged in some majoritarian, concensus-based, or any other way that a group of peers can use to decide on something collectively. “Ha ha wolves and sheep voting for what’s for dinner.” Find another quip.
	▲	actionfromafar 12 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Such is especially the power of first-past-the-post.

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8note 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> They get what they deserve.

another expensive byelection. Farage has just wasted public funds to justify taking a big bribe

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Someone1234 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The Conservative party ran in the last election, they didn't run in this election, so more right wing voters likely moved from Conservative to Farage than he got 110% of his normal core/base.

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undersuit 11 hours ago | parent [-]

I saw a Sankey diagram from exit polls that showed that lots of Conservatives voted for Farage, but some Reform voted for Binface. Can't find it again though because Twitter sucks.

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rsynnott 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I saw someone interviewed who said that they supported Reform but couldn't vote for Farage. Which is particularly odd as Reform is _basically_ the Nigel Farage party; it wouldn't survive losing him.

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wood_spirit 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I thought there wasn’t exit polls in this particular by-election?

	▲	hdgvhicv 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They was one opinion poll pf about 250 people.

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pydry 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Jaywick next door to clacton on sea was the most deprived place in the UK before he came along. He can hardly make it worse.

From their perspective all this attention is probably better than being ignored even though the attention is for all the wrong reasons.

After all, what did nameless generic tory #4 ever do for them? what would labour do? Probably nothing much, just like farage.

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hdgvhicv 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You want attention and an mp who cares and delivers then vote for Binface.

Farage has barely been in Clacton for the last 2 years.

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dofm 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

(ETA: I see you edited your post to clarify — I will leave mine because there is significant nuance about the constituency)

Not really. Clacton itself certainly wasn't; it has its problems for sure but other seaside towns do, and the corner of Clacton that is closest to Brightlingsea is I think fairly well off?

The constituency also includes Frinton-on-Sea, which is really quite affluent as east coastal towns go and fairly affluent on a national scale — a whole bunch of properties over a million quid, and Walton-on-the-Naze, which is a nice place, a bit more modestly expensive than Clacton.

The constituency does include a place that is often considered the most deprived place in the UK — the coastal village of Jaywick which is essentially a holiday resort village that collapsed.

Quite a lot of the people of Jaywick resent the allegation, as it goes. It certainly is more functionally deprived than most places in the UK though, as you have a lot of people living in what were basically beach huts in a holiday park.

And you can be absolutely certain that Farage does not give a damn about Jaywick. His entire argument, essentially, is that he, being Nigel Farage and occasionally even being Nigel Farage in Clacton, is good for Jaywick because it raises Clacton's profile. Locals evidently do not think he has done a thing, and regeneration would be a council effort anyway.

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tonyedgecombe 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Interestingly these regions have been getting a lot more investment from central government in recent years. It hasn’t appeared to make any difference to people’s voting patterns.

	▲	pydry 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		i doubt it would until that investment actually starts creating jobs and a better standard of living. jaywick is still the most deprived area of the UK.

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blipvert 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Jaywick is possibly the area in the UK most dependent on benefits handouts.

Good luck with the guy who wants to slash your benefits, people.