‘He could be here more’: Clacton split over Nigel Farage’s first months as MP
Many remain positive about their high-profile politician but others complain that he ‘got his seat and disappeared’It happened sometime on Monday morning, locals think, though no one seems to know exactly when. But as staff in the shops on Old Road in Clacton stepped out of work for lunch, they spotted that the billboard on the corner of Crossfield Road had been ripped to ribbons.Plenty had approved of the poster, placed there by the political campaign group Led By Donkeys, drawing attention to the huge scale of the local MP Nigel Farage’s earnings outside politics. A photo of the billboard posted on X by the group has 24,000 likes.
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/20/clacton-nigel-farage-first-months-as-mp-reform
