Farage quits as Clacton MP over crypto-linked gifts, forces by-election
The post Farage quits as Clacton MP over crypto-linked gifts, forces by-election appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Nigel Farage has resigned as the member of parliament for Clacton-on-Sea on Tuesday, saying that he will contest the by-election his own departure creates, a gamble that pauses two parliamentary standards inquiries into undeclared financial support from crypto backers. The Reform UK leader announced the decision on his YouTube channel, casting the coming contest as a fight with his opponents. “This will be a people versus the establishment by-election,” he said, adding that “the people of Clacton should be the judges of my actions.” He denied breaking any rule, saying, “I have done nothing wrong. I have not broken the law in any way at all.” Farage told reporters that he had followed parliamentary rules on good legal advice. Are the two inquiries on Farage tied to crypto money? Farage was already being examined by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards over a pers