Comment by xboxnolifes
13 days ago
A "serious" by-election is what Farage wanted. You don't protest by playing along. You protest by doing your best to express how much of a farce it is.
Farage can't say "The people want me more than your other serious candidates even after this controversy" if there are no serious candidates running.
I get that, but if this was actually a chance to beat him, wouldn’t that have been better?
They wouldn't have beaten him. Farage would win and he knows that otherwise he wouldn't have called the by election.
Ah, okay, then that makes sense. Thanks :-)