A Clacton by-election hopeful planning to stand against Nigel Farage in a fox costume has pulled out, branding the contest a ‘circus’.
Rob Pownall, an independent animal rights activist who won 18 votes in Makerfield last month, had announced his candidacy against the Reform UK leader in order to ‘give British wildlife a voice’.
But yesterday he quit the crunch election, joining others in calling it a ‘farce’ after all the main parties refused to field candidates.
Mr Pownall said the dwindling list of joke contestants, alongside Mr Farage, means ‘whatever chance there was of this being taken seriously has now gone.’
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