Guardian Australia · Clacton byelection August 2026

‘Clacton voters need a serious person’: the independent candidates taking on Nigel Farage – and Count Binface

· By Helena Horton
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Attieh Fard and Andy Erlam make their byelection pitch to voters, but Reform UK’s leader is conspicuously absent

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