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The other parties are terrified that the immense popularity of Farage will land him the role of PM, so they're creatively interpreting their Parliamentary Rules to accuse Farage of violating them, which he has not done. It's the same sort of lawfare that Trump and Le Pen have been a victim of. Override the will of the people by finding an excuse to oust a popular politician that they see as a serious threat to their power. So much for democracy...

Why is it not a violation of Parliamentary Rules to conspire to create a false candidate in an election?

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> Why is it not a violation of Parliamentary Rules to conspire to create a false candidate in an election?

That doesn't make much sense as who is to decide whether a candidate is "false" and what does that mean? Farage could easily be described as a false candidate as he barely does anything for Clacton and doesn't hold his MP surgery which is usually part of representing an area.

Also, who do you think is conspiring in this case? Binface has been around for a while and is pretty much a one-man band. If anything, Reform UK Ltd conspires to get their candidates elected (as do other political parties).

> so they're creatively interpreting their Parliamentary Rules to accuse Farage of violating them

You seem deeply ignorant about the rules UK politicians are bound by. The Parliamentary Standards investigation doesn't need any creativity in interpreting a failure to declare a £5m gift as a breach of parliamentary rules.

On the broader point, popularity doesn't exempt politicians from the rules that apply to every MP. Not that Farage is popular, he's -27 in the latest poll.

Weird that there have been "immensely popular" politicians before but they didn't have "lawfare" deployed against them on this scale.

Also if these people are genuinely breaking the law, how would it go any differently?

After the UK government cut their security funding for Farage, they penalize him because a caring well to do friend gifted him some money. Now they're briefing him on the increased risk of harm that he faces from deranged people who are reacting to the negative press they've generated.

https://thenationalpulse.com/2026/07/13/farage-offered-secur...

> increased risk of harm that he faces from deranged people who are reacting to the negative press they've generated

Glass houses are not a recommended location for shot put practice, regardless of if it is as severe a topic as this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Cox

Farage could easily have declared the gift/bribe and thus complied with the rules. He decided to not declare it, presumably because of how dodgy it looks and now has to face the consequences, although he's now "resigned" as an MP in an attempt to avoid scrutiny. Personally, I don't think that "resignation" is really what he did if he's standing for re-election - it's a publicity stunt that has ended up making him look ridiculous.

There's also a few complaints of money laundering with the various "gifts" that he received which may be one reason that he's tried so hard to avoid any scrutiny. Also, it doesn't really enhance his "man of the people" act.

A caring well-to-do friend who happens to be one of the biggest investors in Tether.

The only Reform policy document that was finished before the May elections was the cryptocurrency policy, and Farage happens to have asked the governor of the Bank of England to change policy in a way that would benefit Tether; the governor describes that as “lobbying”.

I’m sure these are coincidences.

The facts of the £5m are not entirely clear, but he's trying to pre-empt the actual investigation which if he wasn't guilty might clear him.

Either way, there is no way to become PM without (approx) three hundred MPs. There's plenty of time before the true next election (not this by-election which Farage has forced) for him to attempt to stand candidates in and win that many seats.

> conspire to create a false candidate in an election

Binface is not a false candidate. He's complied with the rules just like everyone else.

The fact that Roger Stone & Trump haven’t faced consequences for jan 6 still amazes me. Edit: spelling

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