{"id":70983,"date":"2026-08-02T16:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T16:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/70983\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T16:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T16:00:28","slug":"clacton-by-election-who-are-the-front-runners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/70983\/","title":{"rendered":"Clacton by-election: Who are the front runners?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Clacton by-election: Who are the front runners?\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hu5_ArC1CbE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nClacton by-election: Who are the front runners?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe by-election in Clacton triggered by Nigel Farage&#8217;s decision to quit as an MP and fight to reclaim his seat will be held on 13th August, but which way are voters leaning? <\/p>\n<p>The Clacton contest is being boycotted by the other main Westminster parties, leaving comedy candidate &#8216;Count Binface&#8217; as the highest-profile opponent for the Reform UK leader. <\/p>\n<p>Sky&#8217;s political correspondent Ali Fortescue reports from the Essex town making the headlines. <\/p>\n<p>Read the latest: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/video\/what-do-clacton-locals-think-of-nigel-farages-resignation-13561476<\/p>\n<p>#skynews #sky #skynewslive #clacton #by-election #clacton-on- sea #essex #nigelfarage #binface <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&#038;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Why not listen to one of our podcasts? This is Why, available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/thisiswhy or Ed Conway&#8217;s Stuff Matters, available here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/stuff-matters<\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Clacton by-election: Who are the front runners? The by-election in Clacton triggered by Nigel Farage&#8217;s decision to quit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8],"tags":[23443,4749,50017,49987,2177,4294,425,31,326,247,325,1520,296,279],"class_list":["post-70983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sky-news","tag-allegations","tag-benefits","tag-clacton-by-election","tag-clacton-on-sea","tag-government","tag-investigation","tag-money","tag-news","tag-nigel-farage","tag-politics","tag-reform-uk","tag-sky","tag-sky-news","tag-uk"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@videos\/117026806957849664","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}