About this episode

The episode discusses Nigel Farage's political move to regain his seat amid financial questions and the implications of his rivalry with Count Binface.

Once again Nigel Farage has put himself at the centre of a political drama with his announcement, amid growing questions about his finances, that he is quitting as an MP to fight a by-election to regain his seat. He is pitching it as "establishment versus the people", but could this be a populist stunt too far? With the main parties refusing to stand candidates, his main rival looks to be veteran novelty candidate "Count Binface". Nigel and Sarah consider whether Farage's move might backfire spectacularly, and discuss previous elections which didn't go according to plan. Presented by Nigel Fletcher and Sarah Southern Produced by the Centre for Opposition Studies Theme Music by Tom Hector

People in this episode

Hosts: Nigel Fletcher, Sarah Southern

Topics covered

• political drama
• by-election
• populism
• elections
• political strategy

Keywords

• Nigel Farage
• Count Binface
• by-election
• populism
• political strategy
• elections

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Centre for Opposition Studies

Books & works: Arguing with a bin

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