Why are no other parties putting forward candidates in the Clacton by election?

[minmooch]

I understand that they do not want to participate in the Farage political stunt but if no one but Farage and Bin Face stand surely no one will vote in Bin Face? Then Farage gets back in? If only 2 people turn out to vote is that enough to get either one in?

I have tried to read what will happen but it just seems to be about not participating in this stunt with no explanation as to what happens then.

Why doesn’t the investigation continue if he is not elected?

Interesting that the strangely named 'British Democrats' have put forward, presumably to appeal to those who find NF or even LFox a bit too wet liberal for their tastes.

Below link from Searchlight

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Because it’s about using illegitimate funds to get elected to Parliament, and standards in public life. It’s a parliamentary investigation, and if he’s not in Parliament, it has no power over him. The investigation is likely to lead to a long suspension, which would give the people of Clacton the right to request his replacement, as they won’t be represented. So another by-election is likely.

They had that choice two years ago and wouldn't normally have had it again for another three.

It can.

You're half right. They have the same right as people in any other area to have a particular party represented, which is none.

I was surprised myself @minmooch that Kemi didn’t want to field a Conservative candidate. They would have stood a good chance of being voted in!

She made the good point that there's a decent chance of another by-election if he gets back in. Resources aren't infinite. I can see why it'd be tempting to let him make a tit of himself arguing with a bin and keep her powder dry.

Yes but what if there isn’t another by election? It’s not certain there will be a second one. Could turn out to be a missed opportunity but we’ll see.

Absolutely agree.
I find it hilarious that his attempt to flood the airwaves with his claim to be a victim has misfired so badly, and I will enjoy watching the debates between Farage, Count Binface, Monster Raving Loony party and the other loony Lawrence Fox! Farage has been completely checkmated.
Now I hope Reform will pay for this election stunt rather than the local people, as I'm sure the local council could do with that money.

Sure, but equally the Tories standing a candidate gives this fiasco legitimacy and could very well lead to them losing anyway. The one thing that's certain here is that standing a candidate could play right into his hands, whereas not standing doesn't. Because what Farage wanted was a proper contest where he could say the electorate had chosen him over other parties.

Because they think they will lose (I HOPE they're not right, but there have been enough near misses in recent local elections), the same reason why PMs who were not elected by us don't hold general elections.
I suppose he has his own kind of integrity, though I wouldn't vote for him, which might well appeal to those disilllusioned by what the mainstream parties are doing.

This

I think the overwhelming response to the MRLP announcement that they were thinking of fielding a candidate was asking them not to do so but instead to form a 'Loony bin Alliance' and back Binface rather than split the anti-Farage vote.

They were given the choice in 2024. They chose Farage and Reform and this is the consequences of that.

Except they aren't doing this because they're "running scared" of him on this occasion. He made his own very stupid choice here as a publicity stunt because of his ego and they all took the collective opportunity to watch it backfiring on him and falling flat on his face.

It was the best thing they could have done. This extremely wealthy, corrupt establishment man with a far thinner skin than he likes to pretend is genuinely being ridiculed by all sides, has ended up going against a bloke in a bin outfit and still trying to claim he's anti-establishment.

And everyone can see it's all about trying to wriggle out of responsibility and having his finances investigated. He's FURIOUS, he's lost the plot about being held to account and in trying to distract, because of his silly ego, has just weakened himself. He's made himself look like a complete tit. He's lowered his cachet considerably with this.

The Reformists claiming people are "running scared' are in desperate denial about what's happened here. Their man has fucked up.

And I'm here for it. Couldn't have happened to a nicer corrupt lazy grifter.

The situations are not the same.
Clacton have an MP, Farage, they voted him in in the General election the same way the rest of the country voted for their MPs.
Now Farage has resigned but only to restand.
In the other by elections the sitting MPs resigned and they didn't then immediately restand. There was a by election because that constituency no longer had an MP.
If Farage was genuinely going to step down fair enough but he isn't.
Which makes a nonsense of a by election and a complete waste of money.
Your argument makes no sense because people in other constituencies don't get the chance to vote for their MP or a rival party every 2 years. They only do it during a general election

There will be other candidates, independents and others that turn up at byelections. The main parties don't want him to get the satisfaction of beating them and saying look no one cares that I took this money. Not to mention it would give the whole charade credibility. The investigation will tale its course no matter what.

Yes, however you slice this the main parties have all played a blinder here.

As well as the reasons you list, it's also for the general good that this sort of thing is disincentivised. I don't want MPs to be banned from standing again in situations like this, strikes me as undemocratic, but it's nonetheless an expensive stunt to try and evade legitimate scrutiny. We're all better off if a playbook is established where anyone doing this looks a tit.

The fact that no other major parties are putting up a candidate does mean turn out may be very low and maybe a good local independent might beat him, now that would be embarrassing. It's just a vanity project really, I'll show you all how popular I am.

Or an intergalactic space lord from Sigma 5. Either or.

The chap who is Binface has said that he would take it seriously if he was voted in. So the people of Clacton won't miss out if he wins. And it is not like Farage has done anything since being their MP.

Well im not a “ reformist” and i think you and people like you will get a huge shock in the next GE. It will be like Brexit all over again. The general public are wising up to the way the establishment and media manipulate things in their favour! Unless Labour can buy more votes from immigrants and people on benefits then they are going to get a drumming that they will not forget for years. No one trusts the tories and the greens and Lib Dem’s are simply a joke as is anyone who votes for them.

Alas, people who you think are a joke are still entitled to the franchise.

Please explain how Farage has not been an enormous part of the ‘establishment’?