'A Really Rubbish Circus': Farage Skipped His Own Election Count | Mark Lucas

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"He is literally like a circus and a really rubbish one." Whilst the Reform UK leader is consistently used as a symbol of frustration by voters, his absence at the Clacton election count a recent example, main parties must address the underlying causes of public anger to render him “irrelevant”, says former Labour adviser, Mark Lucas. Mark Lucas and Timandra Harkness were speaking to Jane Mulkerrins on Times Radio. Listen live every Saturday, 1–4pm. 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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