Humiliating moment driver crashes after heckling Nigel Farage | Politics | News
Nigel Farage mocked a fraudster who crashed his car seconds after insulting him. The Reform UK leader was campaigning in Clacton when he was shouted at through the window of a passing Vauxhall Astra, apparently unaware that the lights ahead had turned red.
A few seconds later the car crashed into the back of a stationary vehicle, much to the amusement of Farage fans watching. One person was heard commenting: “Won’t be rushing this again.” Mr Farage posted a video of the incident on X and said: “This woman swore at me and then crashed her own car.
“You could call it instant karma!”
Mr Farage will face 33 rival candidates in the by-election, which he launched to protest media scrutiny and parliamentary scrutiny of his finances and supporters.
Westminster’s main parties are boycotting the Clacton by-election, dismissing it as a vote by the UK Reform leader and leaving joke candidate Count Binface and actor-turned-politician Laurence Fox as their highest-profile rivals.
Mr Farage wanted the contest to be a showdown “against the people and the establishment” but he now faces challengers including three from the Official Monster Mad Mad Party and a number of independents.
While only 16 percent of those surveyed after his resignation said they were unaware of the donation, 69 percent believed it was harmful to him.
Mr Farage insists he has done nothing wrong and that his allies are painting him as the victim of an “establishment stand-up”.
But polls show far more people see Mr Farage as part of the establishment than future prime minister Andy Burnham.
Almost half (45%) of those polled think Mr Farage is part of the establishment, while 41% have the same view of Mr Burnham.
Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch were seen as part of the establishment by 52% and 54% respectively.
In addition, 69% of Reform voters, including 41%, said Mr Farage should declare a £5 million donation.
Most respondents said the parties were right to boycott the by-election, with 38 percent supporting this stance and 25 percent saying it was wrong.
The poll also showed Mr Farage’s leading by-election rival, Count Binface, as the narrowly preferred winner by a slim margin of 34% to 29%.
