Farage Is Trying To ‘Short Circuit Due Process’ Over His Finances | Ben Habib

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“The notion that any recipient of £5 million is not going to be at least remotely influenced by the individual who's enriched him ... is for the birds.” Following Nigel Farage’s sudden exit from parliament to trigger a Clacton by-election, major political parties should refuse to field opposing candidates to ruin his attempt to bypass democratic scrutiny on his finances, says leader of Advance UK, Ben Habib. Ben Habib and Ollie Cole were speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday to Friday, 4pm–7pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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