Enda Brady: UK Correspondent on Reform UK's Nigel Farage triggering a by-election in Clacton amid financial scrutiny

Hard-right politician Nigel Farage is resigning from UK Parliament, only to stand again.  

The Reform Party Leader's running in the Clacton by-election after triggering a vote when he stood down as MP.  

He remains under financial scrutiny for not declaring a £5 million gift, but currently only has joke-candidate Count Binface standing in his way. 

UK Correspondent Enda Brady told Mike Hosking he's sure he'll win, despite the public being sick of him.  

But he says if Farage thinks he's saving democracy and isn't spraying cash – hosting a by-election costs around £2 million. 

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
To anchor.

Speaker 2 (00:00):
We go into good morning, Good morning Mike, great to
speak to you.

Speaker 1 (00:05):
How'd you go with all Trump? And has meltdown? And
everyone's a tosser and a loser and an idiot and
spin I mean, what a die?

Speaker 2 (00:12):
I yeah, I've never heard the word scum used at
a NATO summit before, but here we are. Look, he's left,
he's gone, and NATO still exists, and the phrase the
buzzword all week has been a stronger Europe in a
stronger NATO. And people are quite happy because they managed
to get out a dodge basically without any kind of

(00:34):
major hand grenades going off. So I think everyone can
breathe easy. But it's been an interesting week, it really
really has.

Speaker 1 (00:41):
And did Stama look like a shagu on a rock.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
Pretty much? Look yesterday's man. He's out of that job
in eleven days time, and they gave him very very
little time. He brought together a caultion of about twelve
countries who are going to chip in some cash to
get a new missile defense system in the twenty thirties.

(01:06):
But like, let's not kid ourselves. People won't even remember him. Then.
Look they're spending more money, which is what Trump wanted,
and ultimately I think Trump has kind of brought Europe
closer together, which maybe he wanted that, maybe he didn't.

Speaker 1 (01:18):
Yeah, No, it's an interesting observation in one of his
effective strategies. Of course, when he went at green Land again,
did it hit the same vibe as it did the
first time? I mean the first time everyone freaked out.
But I mean surely we've heard played that record once
too often, haven't we.

Speaker 2 (01:32):
Yeah, look, people are bored, and I think tack al
was the phrase that kind of jumped everyone's mind. Trump
always chickens out. Yeah, he had to go with Denmark.
He reserved unbelievable fire for Spain. He absolutely hates Pedro
Sanchez and Spain because Spain are really decent. I mean,
they believe in democracy and diplomacy. People getting Yeah, and

(01:56):
that was enough for him to announce that they won't
do any trade Spain. So Paint's a fantastic country and
they will be in NATO forever and the European Union forever.
And people always go to stay country.

Speaker 1 (02:08):
Yeah, exactly, a couple of things. A bauck, how molly've
been an anchoror, so Forage has quit. He'll unquestionably win
collecting question is does he win collect him before the
inquiry or do they have an inquiry and if he
gets pinged do they have to go again. I mean
that's problematic, isn't it.

Speaker 2 (02:21):
It's an absolute farce. Yeah, I'm sure he'll win win
Clacton only because Labor, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats
are not putting up a candidate. So you're in a
ridiculous situation where it will be Nigel Forrage. The Green
Party are saying they will put someone up and then
you will have count Binface. This guy who dresses up
as a character would have been over his head. He's

(02:42):
actually quite a smart guy. I heard him interviewed on
Sky News a couple of weeks ago in the the
Andy Burnham by election. And that's it. So if Forage
thinks this is helping democracy and he says he's never
taken any cash from the UK taxpayer costs about two
million dollars to host a by election, yeah yeah, look,
but I think he's toast. I think people have had
enough of them and this kind of charade of saying

(03:03):
that the people of Clacton will decide his future and
not the establishment. The rules are there for everyone. Nige'll
just play by them.

Speaker 1 (03:11):
Yeah, speaking of charades, this hairy thing, you mean he's
hit a bad time. Hasn't he arrived in the country.
You can't start Dead's house and he's been paying the
legal bills. Mess of who pays for that?

Speaker 2 (03:20):
Well, as I always call him Britain's least happy multimillionaire.
So there is a big bill coming in the region
of one hundred million en Z dollars for Harry and
Hugh Grant and Elton John and look. Elton could square
this off at loose change, but ultimately it won't be
the publishers of the Daily Mail. There will be a

(03:41):
decision at the end of July. But I think Harry
has kind of torched his legacy in Britain. This is
possibly the final act.

Speaker 1 (03:49):
Yeah, it's very sick and they're not going to make
him and dead and I'm reading this morning You're not
going to make it. There's something tragic about then, doesn't they.

Speaker 2 (03:57):
I think it's sad when you look at the age
his dad is and there are two beautiful little grandchildren
in California that could have happily come back to England
this week and met their granddad and I don't know,
it's just a very dysfunctional family. And yeah, oh look
you just as a Christian, I would just say, hand
on heart, you wish them well and you hope that

(04:18):
they can find a way around it, because time is
the most precious gifts we have.

Speaker 1 (04:22):
Is the guy's name Fury, the British Gun. So here's
my question. Here's my question though. If I mean he's done,
it's no one thought he was going to get the
godless and fantastic. That's great if he got to the final.
What's bigger a brut winning Wimbledon or England winning the
World Cup?

Speaker 2 (04:42):
England winning the soccer World Cup all day long. Look,
Wimbledon will be forever to preserve of the white middle
class in England. But I think in terms of engaging
the entire population and everyone, everyone, just I dug out
something the other day. I met Jeff Hurst a few
years ago. The guy scored the hat trick in nineteen

(05:03):
sixty six, and he gave a picture and I've cherished
this beauty. I showed my children the other day him
scoring the winning goal in nineteen sixty six, and he
signed it to me and I showed it to my
children and I just said, you know, it's a long time,
sixty years. I just don't think there's the same fervor

(05:24):
behind Wimbledon. Because Andy Murray won, nobody really cared very much.
I think if they beat Norway Saturday night into Sunday
morning in your time, they will go very very close
to winning this.

Speaker 1 (05:35):
Here's my so, my Headris Agrigg. He would know as
much about football as you would. He says, if England
can beat if England can beat Mixico at altitude, Norway
is no problem at sea level? Would agree with that
or not.

Speaker 2 (05:50):
I think if they can handle Holland and he is
such an extraordinary character, he needs one touch of the
ball and it goes in the net. I mean, he's
just an obscene talent. And I love him. I love
how hard he works. Our hardy trains. If they can
handle Harland, they can handle Norway.

Speaker 1 (06:09):
It's amazing. Now I've got you in a bar, I've
got you to liven thirty at night in Ancora, and
you're playing your planes, what three or four hours ago,
so you're catching like a two or three in the
morning flight.

Speaker 2 (06:21):
Yeah, I'm on a plane in four hours time. I'm
in an Irish bar. It's called dove Ling, which is
the ancient Irish name for Dublin. Dove ling. Dove means
black in our language, ling is a pool or a lake,
and originally when the Vikings came, they call Dublin dove
ling because the estuary of the River Liffey looked like
a black pool. So yeah, dove Ling. I'm in this

(06:42):
Irish bar in Anchora, and it's been a long week.
It's been a long week, Mike. But forgive me letting
the hair down.

Speaker 1 (06:48):
From you go for god, what what are you playing
for a pint and anchoror? They say Turkey is cheap.
I've never been to Turkey. They're say's cheap is it?

Speaker 2 (06:56):
I'd say it's about eight dollars fifty and it's pretty decent.
It's better than London.

Speaker 1 (07:02):
Anyway, exactly, did right? Fly? Well, Mape'll ketch up next week.
Appreciate it very much. Into Brady, who's been in anchoror
for Noto owners currently at Doubling. Uh, it's already see
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