{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68359028e1abc4be6b032cd1/6a7ecd58049c692a6b3755ad?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Farage beats the bin! – Clacton results unpacked","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68359028e1abc4be6b032cd1/1786694987710-dbde71f6-85f0-4f74-8a8c-8825bc275d07.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Shock horror: Nigel Farage has won the by-election in Calcton. Although you may be shocked by the scale of the victory.&nbsp;</p><p>The Reform leader received 22,239 votes – 1,000 more than his total at the 2024 general election. His main rival, Count Binface – the ‘uniparty candidate’ as Farage says – secured a respectable 9,455 votes, a 26.7 per cent share.</p><p>Turnout stood at 44.37 per cent, the constituency’s lowest since 2010, but still pretty good for a by-election and such an unusual one at that.&nbsp;</p><p>But the big questions remains: did Farage get what he wanted out of this by-election? Or is this the farcical end to an undignified episode in British politics?&nbsp;</p><p>Oscar Edmondson, Tim Shipman and Noa Hoffman discuss.&nbsp;</p><p>Produced by Oscar Edmondson.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"The Spectator"}