How Nigel Farage Lost Control Of The Clacton Narrative | Ollie Cole

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"The biggest political name is obviously Nigel Farage, but the focus on him won't simply be what he wants it to be." Nigel Farage hoped to turn the Clacton by-election into a referendum on the allegations against him, but the campaign risks becoming a spectacle he can no longer control, says Times Radio’s newsroom reporter Ollie Cole. Ollie Cole was speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday-Thursday, 4-7pm.  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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