The National Pulse Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam explained Nigel Farage’s decision to resign his seat in Parliament and run again in an interview with former Congressman Matt Gaetz.
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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, explained why Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage has announced his resignation and intention to run again for his parliamentary seat in an interview with Matt Gaetz on Wednesday evening. 💬 KEY QUOTE: “There have been months and months now of spurious allegations being made that he’s in the pocket of some crypto billionaire or that he’s accepted gifts that he shouldn’t have… And finally, yesterday, Farage said, enough is enough. If you’re going to keep saying these things about me… I’m going to resign and I’m going to run again, and let’s see what the people want.” – Raheem Kassam 🎯 IMPACT: Kassam described how Britain’s ruling Labour Party, the notionally center-right Conservative (Tory) Party, and all the other major parties, including the Elon Musk-backed Restore Britain party, have backed off from facing Farage in the by-election (special election), instead allowing BBC contractor, campaigning under the alias “Count Binface,” to serve as the Reform leader’s main opponent. “[W]hat [this] effectively means is that he will win back his seat. What will then happen is that the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner will say, ‘Oh, but you did forget to tick this box incorrectly on this bit of paperwork, so we want you to do it again,’ and we’ll probably see another special election later on this year in the same seat, asking the same question,” Kassam explained, adding, “But how do you think the voters of Clacton-on-Sea are going to respond to having to do that all over again because some faceless bureaucrat?” 📰 DETAIL: Allegations against Farage include claims he improperly declared financial contributions before he became a Member of Parliament (MP), which he and his supporters argue are politically motivated attempts to exclude him from electoral politics. Kassam and Gaetz discussed how similar tactics have been used against President Donald J. Trump and French populist leader Marine Le Pen in recent years. 👀 WATCH THE INTERVIEW HERE. |
I joined @mattgaetz tonight to explain @Nigel_Farage’s latest move — saying “enough is enough,” and daring the political establishment to fight against him on his own terms, instead of in the dark hallways of Westminster… pic.twitter.com/OnKNjM8NEY
— Raheem J. Kassam (@RaheemKassam) July 9, 2026
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